Kaiela Arts Shepparton

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Walkabout On The Lake With Elders And Tammy

This painting reminds means a lot to me, connecting with my cousins Laurel, Cynthia and Beverly and sharing this time together and stories and being able to express ourselves in canvas that our stories will live on makes me very proud of who I am and being an artistand being part of this amazing gallery of artists and staff. Capturinga special moment with Tammy and fellow artists on the bridge on the lake, feeding the ducks, turtles and being a part of nature gives me a good feeling and connected to the land and animals makes us happy and healthy

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Our Yulila’s

This painting represents me as a young Yorta Yorta woman gazing and looking up to our elders in the community and seeing them as strong as mountains. The artwork within the mountains represents their different stories and journeys and the star symbols and journey symbols in the sky represent our elders past and their many stories that still get told. I am very proud to learn from my elders and will continue to tell their stories to my nieces and nephews and future children.

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Fishing On The River

Reminds me when we all went fishing on the river. Just a fun day fishing, Family day all together, fishing and BBQ. Catching fish, cooking on an open fire. Just a day to get together.

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Weaving On The Lake – Barmah

Memories are a connection to our past, present and future. Stories told by our elders and passed down, areas of significance where our families congregated and came together for camping, fishing or picnics and lovely sun, doing arts and crafts. This painting depicts life on the lake, sitting on the banks and enjoying the land and the day, weaving and being in the moment and teaching our children about our culture

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March For Land Rights

How our people banded together to fight for Aborignal rights. The march started in Melbourne, one of many in the mid to late 60s -70s. I’m proud to be able to paint my memory of being in the marches and putting it on canvas

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Moonlit Night

Hot summer nights and a full moon. Remembering the Summer moonlit nights, do you remember doin this?

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Climate Change

It means being able to express ourselves and our culture, being able to put their stories and memories on canvas. It gives me satisfaction to know that we’re leaving something to our next generation of now and the future. I think that the world we live in today makes us aware how vulnerable our planet is. If we don’t look after it and our families, our native animals and flora. I tried to depict it in my painting of Mother Earth crying for change and healing. To take away how we depend on the land for our survival, that was passed down from generations of our families and parents and grandparents and that our art opens doors to express those stories and our culture

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The Woodcutter (Mid 1940’s to early 1960’s)

A story about a man who worked hard to provide for his family and extended family by cutting wood with his saw in the bush and isolated properties. He would sell it to local townspeople. Sometimes would provide for his local aboriginal community. He would always have family to help him in case of accidents in isolated areas. Coal briquettes put him out of business. He worked wherever he could after that. Manager of an orchard at Shepp East, Orvale, carting hay, picking cherries, manager of 1st boys hostel Syd NSW

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This skateboard deck was created by the artist during the Deadly Decks workshops in early 2023.

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Yorta Yorta

This skateboard deck was created by the artist during the Deadly Decks workshops in early 2023.