AMY LOOGATHA | ‘My Country II’ | Painting / acrylic on Belgian linen Orchid Man 'It's no good

'It's no good

EMILY DOOLAH

Image size: 320 x 200 mm

Mornington Island

This technique creates an image using fresh fish as the master plate

AMY LOOGATHA | ‘My Country II’ | Painting / acrylic on Belgian linen Orchid Man 'It's no good"My Country is behind Ninyilki, this is where I was born on a saltpan under the ti trees. You can see Sweers Island from here. My Father, King Alfred, was dragging grass across the sea with his other wives, to catch fish. He didn't know I was coming. It was my Aunty who ran to let my Father know. My Grandmother delivered me, she was the one that cut my cord with a special shell. They thought I would be a boy because I was so big in my Mother's tummy.