HEATHER KOOWOOTHA | 'My Po'al' | Acrylic paint / binder medium / ochres on linen Keith Wikmunea Do not iron

Do not iron

" - Paula Savage

the Rainbow Serpent

Araw Warul dan thiyayk warul tadimik uragal/urakal wowraw thonarnu

This is the artist's first monograph

HEATHER KOOWOOTHA | 'My Po'al' | Acrylic paint / binder medium / ochres on linen Keith Wikmunea Do not iron"This painting is about collecting bush dyes and bush fibres to make waangk (dillybags). I learnt about this from sitting down with my aunty Parly Yunkaporta and she showed me how to make those string bags. She showed me all the colourful bush dyes that you can turn the bush string into bright and lovely colours. I used to sit down with my aunty outside of the Old Aurukun Villiage. There was no modern homes built in those days. They lived in a tin