Garden Beauty I The state of being free from everything being able to realise things that holds us down in life, its time that we live in freedom. Art Centre notes: The artwork is a ‘pochoir’ print, or monoprint, printed on BFK Rives paper (100% cotton rag with strong archival Read more…
Beautiful Sunny Morning ll Mekai is known as almond in Kala Kawaw Ya dialect. It is a food source and also good for medicine. Beautiful sunny morning is about when the sunlight bursts through the mekai almond leaves in the morning. Art Centre notes: The artwork is a ‘pochoir’ print, Read more…
Tangled fishing line at Kubin Jetty The tangled fishing line at Kubin Jetty is about all the fishing lines that are stuck between the rocks or at the bottom of the jetty. Art Centre notes: Image size: 120 x 80 cm, Paper size:120 x 80 cm The artwork is a Read more…
Birmba Birmba, the white cockatoo is a cheeky bird. Stealing fruit all the time. In our culture some birds are messengers. In our lore Birmba brings us news. My mothers Bubu is the Shipton Flat/Helenvale area. I love taking family to our bubu, fishing and hunting for food and having Read more…
Birmba Birmba, the white cockatoo is a cheeky bird. Stealing fruit all the time. In our culture some birds are messengers. In our lore Birmba brings us news. My mothers Bubu is the Shipton Flat/Helenvale area. I love taking family to our bubu, fishing and hunting for food and having Read more…
Love Birds Anne Nunn is Nyungul woman. Her paintings depict cultural, historic and contemporary stories from her Country, the Helensvale and Shipton’s Flat area in Far North Queensland. “My painting depicts the plants and animals that live and grow around my bubu (country). I love going out bush and am Read more…
Kunjuri, shield I am painting kunjuri (shield). Our ancestors used kunjuri and wakay (sword) for fighting to protect themselves from getting hurt. I started watching my grandfather paint when I was 12 years old. He taught me a lot about my culture, and this is why I am interested in Read more…
Jarntinti “I, me, Nyanjilpayi paint this one, Jarntinti Lake. I been born there, mine. I been little girl born there, Jarntinti area. Jarntinti big claypan near Punmu. Tarlpa, Jutupa, Wawulpa, all waterhole and yinta (permanent spring) in Jarntinti area. Long time [ago] plenty bush tucker there, yukuri (green grass, vegetation) Read more…
Mili I am a Jalanji saltwater woman. Jalanji people have lots of stories about the reef. My painting’s story is about Mili (stinging jellyfish) stirring out on the reef. We were taught at a young age to watch out because these mili sting and can be very dangerous. There are Read more…
Love Birds Anne Nunn is Nyungul woman. Her paintings depict cultural, historic and contemporary stories from her Country, the Helensvale and Shipton’s Flat area in Far North Queensland. “My painting depicts the plants and animals that live and grow around my bubu (country). I love going out bush and am Read more…