Drew was inspired to create the series
“Still Life /Australiana (2003-2009)” after visiting a museum in Germany that exhibited paintings of dead animals. When she returned to Australia and was surrounded by roadkill, she was immediately reminded of the paintings and began working on the series.
“You sort of grow up with roadkill in Australia, and people—me included—try desperately to ignore it,” said Drew. “[Doing the series] seemed like a way to translate the situation of animals dying as a consequence of our dominance of the environment.”

“It became a way for the community to acknowledge death and to give some sort of importance to a life rather than just having it get run over by a car, get squashed, and then disregarded,” said Drew.

For my own purposes, i’m taking the idea of how roadkill is disregarding the circle of life. How people initially run over a clueless life then leave it on the side of the road. Drew’s whole idea is to capture her found roadkill in environments we’re more accustomed to rather than the animals norm. I solely just want to capture the animal in its ever-lasting last moments, focusing on their bodies reaction and the roots of their injuries.