I was just introduced to the work of the amazing Bruno Torfs. He lives in Marysville, Australia and creates art that is inspired by and inhabits nature. The slide show is truly beautiful.
But then as I was looking through the site, I came upon this.
On Saturday the 7th of February 2009 The Township of Marysville and the surrounding area was ravaged by bushfires and is still in a state of emergency. Firstly I would like to say that Bruno and his family are safe and well.
Unfortunately the family home and the gallery have been destroyed. The sculpture garden has sustained severe damage, but hopefully a good portion of the sculptures will be able to be salvaged.
I feel as if I just learned that there was a real fairyland and it’s been razed.
via Puppeteers Unite.
Wow, so beautiful and so horrible.
That slide show is amazing. I can’t even imagine how heartbreaking it must have been to see all that hard work go up in smoke.
Wow. That’s something you only find out too late it existed and now is forever lost in its originality. I hope they rebuild soon.
Thank you Mary for finding the update. I was wondering if they had been affected by the fire. So sad.
Yeah, I was saddened to see that.
And thank you for Puppeteers Unite. I’ve been enjoying reading it.