‘Keep the Fire Burning’ is a really powerful phrase that has inspired me to tell the story of me and my special person and surrounding loved ones that keep my fire burning.
Name: April Atkinson
Language: Yorta Yorta
Biography:
April Atkinson is a Yorta Yorta artist who loves painting symbols and rivers as they remind her of the old camping days.
Born on Wemba Wemba Country and raised on Yorta Yorta Country, April uses posca paint pens and acrylic paint and has recently been part of the Deadly Decks workshops as an artist facilitator and has exhibited in the Yenbenal Woka and For Our Elders exhibitions.
(Dhungala) Murray River / Dreaming Biami Sent down an old lady with a digging stick who went searching for yams, Biami waited patiently for her and after some time there was no return. So Biami Read more…
Sitting with my Uncle This painting is about me and my uncle sitting around talking and him passing down knowledge about painting and different techniques he used. This painting is important to me because my Read more…