NAIDOC week gives aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people the chance to celebrate our rich and diverse culture, along with our achievements through history. This painting shows women among all ages, dressed beautifully to attend the NAIDOC ball, a celebration giving Aboriginal people the chance to celebrate and keep the fire burning Blak, Loud and Proud.
Name: Cynthia Hardie
Language: Yorta Yorta
Biography:
Cynthia was born and raised in Mooroopna and over the years has filled her home with her beautiful creations. Reluctant to part with anything, she says her home is almost full to the rafters Her paintings adorn canvas, rocks, emueggs, timber, papier-mâché bowls, clap sticks, boomerangs, anything she can get her hands on and often more than one thing at a time. Her love of art and craft began as a child and has continued throughout her life. Mostly self-taught, she enjoys teaching her granddaughters how to paint, sharing her art supplies and painting small canvases and boomerangs.
Clapsticks Long neck turtle is the Yorta Yorta peoples totem. Here we have the turtles swimming in waterholes and rivers.
Mount Selwyn Mount Selwyn through the eyes of little me. How magical it is to see snow for the first time. Driving around the mountains in awe at every fresh white bob on the side Read more…
Bangalngarrangaarra Every place, all over, the whole earth. I am a part of everything that ever was and will be.