Bayadherra Shell (small blue & green)
Bayadherra shell created from a mould taken from a found turtle shell, raku with coloured glaze applied.
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Bayadherra Shell (small green & blue)
Bayadherra shell created from a mould taken from a found turtle shell, raku with coloured glaze applied.
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The Dreaming
The meaning and the purpose of this painting and why it came to be, it represents me, who I am as an Aboriginal man. My bloodlines, my song lines, my ceremonies, my culture but it also represents the times of creation. The snake represents my creator spirit Biami, the rainbow serpent. The kangaroo represents Marloo the giant kangaroo. The goanna represents Barryibala the sand goanna and Bigarrumudja the emu man. The crosshatching you see or the raak patterns represents my Connection with Country and my song lines. The diamond patterns represent the Men’s business and our lore. The handprints you see are the ancestral spirits that walk the lands and guard sacred sites. The colours come from country ochre. Yellow for medicine and women also Mother Earth. Ochre red for Men’s ceremony and Men’s business and black and white for sacredness. The grubs you see are whitchety grubs and bardi grubs; the black circles are the spots you collect them from with a long stick to pull them out symbolic for our bush tucker and living off the land this is the dreaming, my country, my culture, my identity. It is me. Every single pattern and line that you see on the painting has purpose and meaning. South-East coast region, we are linear design peoples and that is the traditional way of telling story within Yorta Yorta.
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Dancing around the campfire
This weaving of natural and hand dyed raffia and ornaments of quandong seeds and emu feathers reminds me of graceful dancers moving around a campfire, providing enteratinment at your ‘fingertips’, how nature provides.
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nhanha guwiga (nanyak), (mother & son)
Connected beyond the physical world, nhanha and guwiga first met here – and remain forever connected.
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Djirringawan-il Maloga-yin”
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.
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Past, Present & Future
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.
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Aunty Elsie’s Place
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.
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Weaving Our Culture
Mother teaching her daughters of the stories she was told by her Elders on a woven mat
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Connection to Country
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)