This painting represents the Cummera Sandhills. a very important place on Yorta Yorta Country. This place relates to a well known creation story that has been carried on by Yorta Yorta people for thousands of years. Our creation stories are priceless and are held in high regard by our Yorta Yorta people.. Embedded in our identity and Country.
The Elders are our past generations in the Cummeragunja Sandhills. The present is the Emu in the sky, mapping the seasons. The future is the circle of more generations to come.
Connect, family, history. Our Aunty Elsie Bailey was born and came into the world at this place. People should know the connection to the land wherever born is. So important about where you belong.
Mother teaching her daughters of the stories she was told by her Elders on a woven mat
I express my connection to Country in most of my artworks. Connecting to Country can also be connecting to other peoples Country. When I went to Alice Springs I felt a spiritual connection to the people and land. This artwork represents keeping the natural minerals in the land and showing how strong the roots are connected (Roots of Life)
Remembering the good times when I was young. When a ball or dance came around at the weekend we could not wait to dress up and meet up with the girls and enjoy a night of dancing. Do you remember when you were young and going out on Friday night to the dances with the girls and having fun?
I love how the colours burst and generates a neutral feeling developed from clashing colours.
Mum, Nan and Great Nan.
It’s a story about 2 siblings reconnecting and sitting on the land and staying in touch
It expresses a spiritual feeling about our Earth and the universe and our culture where our people were natural astronomers using the moon and stars and sun to navigate the seasons and where they were going, went about life, e.g food they ate. The blood moon signifies a life had been given, a celebration of existence in our universe. Learning of passed down stories