About the Artist I'm a Wiradjuri woman with strong connections to the Murray River and now based in Naarm Melbourne. I have a background in environment and Aboriginal heritage protection which influences my work. I have been creating works for 15 years using different mediums painting, photography, weaving and wood sculptures. I recently project managed the exhibition Grounding and Connecting Indigenous Trees and The Dreaming held at Artspace Realm Ringwood. The exhibition showcased over 25 First Nations artists. About the Artwork The wood represents the old, the sturdy, the familiar. Just like trees rooted into the ground for decades and decades. Providing a constant of always being. The colours are breaking through the wood, coming out and weaving their way into something new. Representing becoming free from what bounds us. Many people will find themselves in the ashes after a traumatic time in their life. What's not talked about is many are constantly in the ashes. Can live their whole lives in black with little embers, glimpses of hope that keep them going. Sometimes the little embers can slowly become alight and grow larger and larger till it sweeps through and new little seedlings sprout like after a fire burning through the bush. A phoenix rises.