June 2024

222082308752

Survival

From the fallen gum leaves, to the scars from the eucalyptus leaf beetle. I have depicted my stories using flora to coincide with this years NAIDOC theme, “Keep the Fire Burning: Blak, Loud & Proud”. What the theme means to me and how to portray it through art, from a birds eye view, is testimony through which my Mother has inspired and of course, embracing my Aunty’s in our studio. Symbolically, the gum leaves are representing Aboriginal people in most of my paintings, connected, fuelling the fire, to the fallen. While also portraying factual events, like the smoking ceremony in a coolamon. The tall yellow billy buttons representing the tribes and clans. The gum nuts represent the future generations all encompassing the fire.
What a joy it is to sit around a campfire.
Soaked with the richest memories of my loved ones, while creating new ones!
The fire burning within.
The chaos it can stir.
The regeneration.
The satisfaction of wonderment and the warmth provided.

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222082308749

A Smoking Ceremony

From the fallen gum leaves, to the scars from the eucalyptus leaf beetle. I have depicted my stories using flora to coincide with this years NAIDOC theme, “Keep the Fire Burning: Blak, Loud & Proud”. What the theme means to me and how to portray it through art, from a birds eye view, is testimony through which my Mother has inspired and of course, embracing my Aunty’s in our studio. Symbolically, the gum leaves are representing Aboriginal people in most of my paintings, connected, fuelling the fire, to the fallen. While also portraying factual events, like the smoking ceremony in a coolamon. The tall yellow billy buttons representing the tribes and clans. The gum nuts represent the future generations all encompassing the fire.
What a joy it is to sit around a campfire.
Soaked with the richest memories of my loved ones, while creating new ones!
The fire burning within.
The chaos it can stir.
The regeneration.
The satisfaction of wonderment and the warmth provided.

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222082308706

Suppression

From the fallen gum leaves, to the scars from the eucalyptus leaf beetle. I have depicted my stories using flora to coincide with this years NAIDOC theme, “Keep the Fire Burning: Blak, Loud & Proud”. What the theme means to me and how to portray it through art, from a birds eye view, is testimony through which my Mother has inspired and of course, embracing my Aunty’s in our studio. Symbolically, the gum leaves are representing Aboriginal people in most of my paintings, connected, fuelling the fire, to the fallen. While also portraying factual events, like the smoking ceremony in a coolamon. The tall yellow billy buttons representing the tribes and clans. The gum nuts represent the future generations all encompassing the fire.
What a joy it is to sit around a campfire.
Soaked with the richest memories of my loved ones, while creating new ones!
The fire burning within.
The chaos it can stir.
The regeneration.
The satisfaction of wonderment and the warmth provided.

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222082308705

Celebration

From the fallen gum leaves, to the scars from the eucalyptus leaf beetle. I have depicted my stories using flora to coincide with this years NAIDOC theme, “Keep the Fire Burning: Blak, Loud & Proud”. What the theme means to me and how to portray it through art, from a birds eye view, is testimony through which my Mother has inspired and of course, embracing my Aunty’s in our studio. Symbolically, the gum leaves are representing Aboriginal people in most of my paintings, connected, fuelling the fire, to the fallen. While also portraying factual events, like the smoking ceremony in a coolamon. The tall yellow billy buttons representing the tribes and clans. The gum nuts represent the future generations all encompassing the fire.
What a joy it is to sit around a campfire.
Soaked with the richest memories of my loved ones, while creating new ones!
The fire burning within.
The chaos it can stir.
The regeneration.
The satisfaction of wonderment and the warmth provided.

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222082308704

Generations

From the fallen gum leaves, to the scars from the eucalyptus leaf beetle. I have depicted my stories using flora to coincide with this years NAIDOC theme, “Keep the Fire Burning: Blak, Loud & Proud”. What the theme means to me and how to portray it through art, from a birds eye view, is testimony through which my Mother has inspired and of course, embracing my Aunty’s in our studio. Symbolically, the gum leaves are representing Aboriginal people in most of my paintings, connected, fuelling the fire, to the fallen. While also portraying factual events, like the smoking ceremony in a coolamon. The tall yellow billy buttons representing the tribes and clans. The gum nuts represent the future generations all encompassing the fire.
What a joy it is to sit around a campfire.
Soaked with the richest memories of my loved ones, while creating new ones!
The fire burning within.
The chaos it can stir.
The regeneration.
The satisfaction of wonderment and the warmth provided.

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222082308703

It is tradition, taking it back!

From the fallen gum leaves, to the scars from the eucalyptus leaf beetle. I have depicted my stories using flora to coincide with this years NAIDOC theme, “Keep the Fire Burning: Blak, Loud & Proud”. What the theme means to me and how to portray it through art, from a birds eye view, is testimony through which my Mother has inspired and of course, embracing my Aunty’s in our studio. Symbolically, the gum leaves are representing Aboriginal people in most of my paintings, connected, fuelling the fire, to the fallen. While also portraying factual events, like the smoking ceremony in a coolamon. The tall yellow billy buttons representing the tribes and clans. The gum nuts represent the future generations all encompassing the fire.
What a joy it is to sit around a campfire.
Soaked with the richest memories of my loved ones, while creating new ones!
The fire burning within.
The chaos it can stir.
The regeneration.
The satisfaction of wonderment and the warmth provided.

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222082308702

Fallen, but not forgotten!

From the fallen gum leaves, to the scars from the eucalyptus leaf beetle. I have depicted my stories using flora to coincide with this years NAIDOC theme, “Keep the Fire Burning: Blak, Loud & Proud”. What the theme means to me and how to portray it through art, from a birds eye view, is testimony through which my Mother has inspired and of course, embracing my Aunty’s in our studio. Symbolically, the gum leaves are representing Aboriginal people in most of my paintings, connected, fuelling the fire, to the fallen. While also portraying factual events, like the smoking ceremony in a coolamon. The tall yellow billy buttons representing the tribes and clans. The gum nuts represent the future generations all encompassing the fire.
What a joy it is to sit around a campfire.
Soaked with the richest memories of my loved ones, while creating new ones!
The fire burning within.
The chaos it can stir.
The regeneration.
The satisfaction of wonderment and the warmth provided.

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222082308701

Campfire

From the fallen gum leaves, to the scars from the eucalyptus leaf beetle. I have depicted my stories using flora to coincide with this years NAIDOC theme, “Keep the Fire Burning: Blak, Loud & Proud”. What the theme means to me and how to portray it through art, from a birds eye view, is testimony through which my Mother has inspired and of course, embracing my Aunty’s in our studio. Symbolically, the gum leaves are representing Aboriginal people in most of my paintings, connected, fuelling the fire, to the fallen. While also portraying factual events, like the smoking ceremony in a coolamon. The tall yellow billy buttons representing the tribes and clans. The gum nuts represent the future generations all encompassing the fire.
What a joy it is to sit around a campfire.
Soaked with the richest memories of my loved ones, while creating new ones!
The fire burning within.
The chaos it can stir.
The regeneration.
The satisfaction of wonderment and the warmth provided.

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Raypiny Dhawu (Fresh Water Story)

All Aboriginal people originate from a spiritual source, fixed in a particular place in their land or the sea. These ‘spiritual reservoirs’ are often in the form of special waterholes made by Wangarr (creative spirits) that were created long ago close to the beginning of time. These creator beings moved across the countryside, shaping the land and implanting in each tract of country, the spiritual life force for the people who were to own it. These creative spirits took many forms and when they gave the land to each group, they also gave songs, dances, ceremony, the associated laws and language.

 

The creation story for Ganalbingu people took place near the middle section of the Glyde River where it becomes the Goyder River. Their land, Ngaliyindi, sits astride the Arafura Swamp in Central Arnhem Land. Many Ganalbingu artists paint totemic species significant to their clan. These can include baru (crocodile), banda (long necked turtle), buliya (catfish), yalman (waterlilies), gumang (magpie geese), dakawa (fresh water yabby), ratjuk (barramundi), warrnyu (flying fox) and more.

 

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222082308673

Embrace

From the fallen gum leaves, to the scars from the eucalyptus leaf beetle. I have depicted my stories using flora to coincide with this years NAIDOC theme, “Keep the Fire Burning: Blak, Loud & Proud”. What the theme means to me and how to portray it through art, from a birds eye view, is testimony through which my mother had inspired and of course, embracing my Aunty’s in our studio. Symbolically, the gum leaves are representing Aboriginal people in most of my paintings, connected, fuelling the fire, to the fallen. While also portraying factual events, like the smoking ceremony  in a coolamon. The tall yellow billy button’s representing the strong Aboriginal  leaders of today and yesteryear. The rocks represent the tribes and clans. The gum nuts represent the future generations all encompassing the fire.
What a joy it is to sit around a campfire. Soaked with the richest memories of my loved ones, while creating new ones!
The fire burning within. The chaos it can stir. The regeneration. The satisfaction of wonderment and the warmth provided.

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