In the work “Reservoir” I have presented a forensic suite of detailed drawings of a “colony” of diverse bat species, a pseudo scientifically assembled display of biodiversity. On closer inspection these works betray more complex and unsettling themes. Hidden within the delicately rendered creatures are pathologies and disease, a number of the naturally occurring viruses - lyssa, hendra, ebola – that are lurking within their populations and ready to spillover into human populations as we expand into their habitats. In my recent work I have been examining humankind’s constantly shifting relationship to the biosphere. Even as the natural world continually navigates towards equilibria despite humanity’s overwhelming impact, we are reminded of the need for a healthy balance between the expansion of civilization and the preservation of a diverse ecosphere, reminded that our knowledge and understanding of the natural world is partial and in continual evolution, and reminded that the biological world is driven by a multitude of processes that we are mostly unaware of and that are largely out of our control.