Natasha Bazika for The Latch meets Kangaroo Island’s award-winning Australian assemblage artist who is behind the significant new artworks destined for the new Southern Ocean Lodge.

“Each artwork reflects her evolving personal love affair with Kangaroo Island. She is fascinated and respectful but has concern and fierce protectiveness over the land. 

The collection of 42 artworks is Janine’s most ambitious and largest body of work to date and took her nearly three years to complete. 

Not long after the wildfire, Hayley Baillie, co-owner of Baillie Lodges and the Southern Ocean Lodge, invited Janine to the burnt site to collect materials. 

From these remnants, Janine created 129 little plaques, each a whimsical blend of materials.”

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