Colonial Grab (2015) is an animation of scenes that traverse time and place. From a pokie parlour, through a remote Australian landscape and the colonial landscapes of John Glover, to a macabre Ikebana demonstration, we are transported through a satirical take on our way of life. Using animation Ross is able to re-script the pictorial imagination and at the same time expose the cruelty and self-centred, destructive nature of colonisation.

Employing her signature hi-vis fluoro (a direct comment on our societal values around power, control and authority) on the well-to-do colonial couple she accentuates their disregard of the landscape and the original Indigenous inhabitants. While they trespass in a John Glover painting, they also return their Ikebana trees to the landscape with a curtsey, perhaps a small sign of respect. Once returned the trees burst their glass vases and consume the landscape. Through her visual parody and provocative imagery Ross’ insists we confront our colonial history and reminds us of the ongoing repercussions of that history.