ELLEN ROUGHSEY | 'The Rainbow Serpent Bones' | Painting / acrylic paint on paper Exploring Giant Molecules I enjoy painting

I enjoy painting

Fiona is originally from Dauan Island in the northern islands of Zenadh Kes (the Torres Strait)

Layering the archival records of individuals who are documented in terms of their ‘preponderance of Aboriginal blood’ with the inked traces of that blood brings together the personal and the political in a manner that is more than a glib statement – it makes no bones about the systematic and official discrimination that underlies Australian history and the experience of generations of Aboriginal Australians

Leigh and older brother to Leo all of whom are established and emerging carvers with the Wik and Kugu Arts Centre

with the people

ELLEN ROUGHSEY | 'The Rainbow Serpent Bones' | Painting / acrylic paint on paper Exploring Giant Molecules I enjoy painting"Rainbow serpent and sister had a growl and she was asking him to put baby in the humpy. She kept asking him,"Please brother put my baby in the humpy, he's getting sick and he's ready to die." She kept on asking,but he kept saying no every time making excuses. First time he said, "No this room is for my head", Second time "Please put my baby in the humpy", and Third time said," No this is for my arms". Again she asked he said "No this is for my