Born in 1976 in St Leonards, Sydney, Australia, Scott Marr uses natural pigments collected from the bush and farmlands including ochres, bark, charcoal, sap, flowers, berries, and the medium of fire to burn drawings (pyrography) onto paper and wood. Based on a love for drawing, Marr’s artwork looks into the world of what he calls “bio metamorphics” symbiosis, energy, or the “alchemy of nature”.
In 2008, Marr won a Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize for his work “We Eat What We Are”.
“We eat what we are reveals a creature that is made up of elements of its environment – it is both dependent on and crucial to its ecosystem. The title also alludes to the human tendency to diminish ourselves by eating away at the very environments we depend upon.”
To see more of Scott Marr’s work, visit ScottMarr.blogspot.com. You can also watch videos of his process on his YouTube channel.
Sources: Satchi Gallery, National Archives of Australia
