Art-science poster to depict water everywhere, all at once

Above left - Kim Williams
Above right – Laura Fisher (Mulloon Institute) mapping out ideas for the poster.

Art is a key part of the science comms toolkit here at Mulloon. Currently, TMI’s Dr Laura Fisher is working with artist Kim Williams to develop a poster on the patterns and processes of the water cycle. They’ll soon be in many schools and workplaces.

Water moves in extraordinary ways, creating health and havoc and shaping our world with forces both delicate and monumental. The challenge is to draw simplicity out of complexity. Thankfully Kim is an accomplished artist who is up to the task. These watercolour sketches mark great progress as Laura and Kim plot how to integrate so many features together into a single poster.  

Kim is an experienced creative contributor to projects about land and waterway restoration. As you can see from her website, she’s led many fascinating projects about climate change and the restoration of land and waterways. 

Below is the early draft of the beautiful watercolour poster by Kim.

This project is funded by the Australian Government through the citizen science project ‘Modelling Landscape Rehydration for Catchments, Communities and Curriculum’.