Family
I introduce this special piece that is a celebration of family. It is in modern monochrome black and white, a contemporary Aboriginal art style using a mix of Aboriginal symbols in traditional dot painting. Within the work is many short stories, including a representation of my own two cultures coming together, which history shows hasn’t always been a smooth journey. When I began telling my story through this artwork, as with all my works I am taken on a journey, the art soothes my soul. I wanted to reveal in the painting the many ways in which family forms, the pathways and the characteristics and functioning of families which have changed over time. The large symbol standing strong in the centre of the painting represents family in Aboriginal culture. The many angles, shapes, and pathways throughout represent the many changes a family can go through. There are hard lines for tough times and soft flowing shapes for good times. This happens in all families, but it is these times that families pull together. I dedicate this to all families large and small, nuclear or unique, it’s to my brothers and sister and all my extended family, there are hundreds in Australia, United Kingdom and the world. To me family is acceptance and love even if I don’t like it, standing strong and united, through thick or thin. Our pathways may go in all directions, but it is the family ties that lead us back together.
I introduce this special piece that is a celebration of family. It is in modern monochrome black and white, a contemporary Aboriginal art style using a mix of Aboriginal symbols in traditional dot painting. Within the work is many short stories, including a representation of my own two cultures coming together, which history shows hasn’t always been a smooth journey. When I began telling my story through this artwork, as with all my works I am taken on a journey, the art soothes my soul. I wanted to reveal in the painting the many ways in which family forms, the pathways and the characteristics and functioning of families which have changed over time. The large symbol standing strong in the centre of the painting represents family in Aboriginal culture. The many angles, shapes, and pathways throughout represent the many changes a family can go through. There are hard lines for tough times and soft flowing shapes for good times. This happens in all families, but it is these times that families pull together. I dedicate this to all families large and small, nuclear or unique, it’s to my brothers and sister and all my extended family, there are hundreds in Australia, United Kingdom and the world. To me family is acceptance and love even if I don’t like it, standing strong and united, through thick or thin. Our pathways may go in all directions, but it is the family ties that lead us back together.
I introduce this special piece that is a celebration of family. It is in modern monochrome black and white, a contemporary Aboriginal art style using a mix of Aboriginal symbols in traditional dot painting. Within the work is many short stories, including a representation of my own two cultures coming together, which history shows hasn’t always been a smooth journey. When I began telling my story through this artwork, as with all my works I am taken on a journey, the art soothes my soul. I wanted to reveal in the painting the many ways in which family forms, the pathways and the characteristics and functioning of families which have changed over time. The large symbol standing strong in the centre of the painting represents family in Aboriginal culture. The many angles, shapes, and pathways throughout represent the many changes a family can go through. There are hard lines for tough times and soft flowing shapes for good times. This happens in all families, but it is these times that families pull together. I dedicate this to all families large and small, nuclear or unique, it’s to my brothers and sister and all my extended family, there are hundreds in Australia, United Kingdom and the world. To me family is acceptance and love even if I don’t like it, standing strong and united, through thick or thin. Our pathways may go in all directions, but it is the family ties that lead us back together.
