Connecting to Country
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The colours bloom too when you see them firsthand on Country. And when we go to Country, I see everything and try to remember it, all the colours, I take it in.
Now, when I paint, I’m thinking about my old people and how they walked down from the Walmajarri area towards the Western Desert.
My paintings are about the desert and going back and visiting. Seeing the country in my mind, always changing, doing different seasons. It’s the one place I’m painting. There is a strong
connection there. That’s my Father's Country.
I grew up in Bidyadanga, school there and Darwin when the kids were going from Bidyadanga to Darwin, boarding.
I have three kids, I had four, but now three. I didn’t know that art was in my bloodline. I know Dad had it, but I didn’t know that I could find myself in art, changing lifestyle, and art is going to stick with me.
When I want to paint it comes into my mind and I put it on the canvas in a different way.
150 cm x 76 cm x 3 cm
Acrylic on canvas
