This story is about the Fortesuce River and during the cyclone season, we notice our country is filled with running water, this is a time when the fortesuce river is running with water and filled with good fish and the country is filled with wild flowers blooming in the sunset.
In Spring I can never get over the beauty of these purple mulla mullas when they are in bloom along with the other yellow, pink and white flowers, and the yellow Blue Gum flower. It’s like a beautiful garden that you never have to water.
“When losing someone very important to me I often turn to my art to get through the darkest of days. When completing the first artwork in this series I looked at it and realised I had more emotions about the loss that I had to put onto canvas before I had any real thoughts of healing. So that is when ‘The Void’ series came to be. At first it was a way to work through my grief about losing mum. As the series started to progress, I realised that it was also a beautiful way to pay tribute to her. She was loving caring strong proud and always willing to go out of her way to help others. She was also a well-established Yindjibarndi artist and elder. In small communities a lot of people find it hard to process grief. They turn to other vices to numb the pain. The outcome I want to achieve with my series is to help anyone who walks into this exhibition to process and work through any grief and loss that they may have gone through themselves. Losing someone can bring so many emotions to light. My Journey into The Void began with anger, confusion, guilt and pain. I used these strong feelings to work out my thoughts on canvas. The first work in my series was very dark, with black paint on black paint. With each artwork more colour was introduced as I worked through my feelings. Sometimes the textural marks are harsh and sharp. My hand worked out the frustration. This third artwork in my series shows a glimpse of hope and light seeping through, slowly bringing back a sense of normalcy back into my life.”
This is the Pilbara Country. There are reds and oranges of the rocks in our landscape and many spinifex dotting the environment everywhere you look. THese colours remind me of my home.
Purple Mulla Mulla grows among the grasses, blending beautifully with the bushes.
