Name: Jaymee-Lee Chaquebor
Language: Bardi
Community: Bidyadanga
Biography:
I am a Bardi Jawi woman from the Dampier peninsula. I grew up near the saltwater. All of my artwork reflects the colours of the area and the fruits. I paint the stories I learn through my elders.
Wartij Warrarn (Dingo Country) “A dingo walking around the Country. Colourful dots represent wildflowers. The dingo travels around the countryside, passing desert country, wildflower country, waterholes and springs.” – Augustine Junior Badal
Canning Stock Route Area “This painting is about waterholes in the desert where the old people used to walk from waterhole to waterhole in the Canning Stock Route area. All the colours represent the different Read more…
Bush Medicine “This is a painting about bush medicine. It’s been boiled up. You boil it up and it turns into a burgundy sort of colour. Smells like eucalyptus. It is used for sores, rash, Read more…