About the Artist
I am a proud Yorta Yorta, Gunaikurnai, Gunditjmara woman who has lived on Wurundjeri Country for 30 years. In the past decade I have been creating possum cloaks, basket weaving, boorai carriers, as well as learning and passing on other traditional skills to my children and community.

My art empowers me to share my stories with my children so they can connect and appreciate their Aboriginal heritage.

My work guides me, heals and keeps me grounded and provides me with a deep sense of purpose of who I am.

About the Artwork
This place is a combination of my memories and important things within my life; ceremony and healing, cultural and traditional practices, memories of different people within my line both before and after, that keep the culture burning within us and for the generations to come. Whilst it is a simplified layout, it also has so much depth and story within it. The people within the painting represent my daughter dancing, my son throwing boomerang, my Ancestor grandmother many generations above Maria at Maloga sitting with possum skin cloak, great great grandfather Foster Moffatt on his bark canoe at Lake Bunga. All of these memories and those yet to be made are important in the telling of our history. As are the animals of this place, the biggarumja/ burumul/kappring/emu that have such an important role in the health of Country, we wear their feathers in ceremony and dance, use their meat and eggs to provide nutrients in our diets, and we respect them and adore them. The kangaroo/jirrah/gaimarr/marloo that is present reminding us to always keep going forward, eternal strength and wisdom. I have named my last son after him and this is where his presence is important to this painting. The other animals and symbols are to remind us of our purpose to care for Country and all those we share it with, animals, plants, and peoples.