“walking home from school one hot day, mouth so dry it feels like clay. Chew on sour grass takes the thirst away.”
Name: Suzanne Atkinson
Language: Yorta Yorta
Biography:
Suzanne Atkinson is a proud Yorta-Yorta woman, mother and grandmother. She is an emerging artist who practices in a range of different media that includes traditional weaving, ceramics, painting, poetry and wood burning. Taking inspiration from her mother’s creative talent and her own ability to make artwork from what nature could provide, Suzanne more recently studied Visual Art in a Bachelor Degree of Contemporary Arts/Visual Arts in 2015 at Deakin University and is currently enrolled in Certificate 3, Visual Arts Centre for Koorie Education, GOTAFE, Shepparton. In 2018, Suzanne presented her first solo exhibition titled Perfectly Imperfect at Kaiela Arts Shepparton.
Ocean Waves The artwork represents my family sitting and camping on the beach watching the waves rolling into shore.
Gum Leaf The artwork depicts collecting gum leaves on Yorta Yorta country to be used in my creative artworks. Australian gum leaves can be found in numerous sizes and colours across the four seasons
