MAREE KOO-OILA | ‘Paamp (Lagoon)’ | Synthetic Polymer on Canvas Wongai Tree She kept asking him

She kept asking him

LYNELLE FLINDERS

Joel Sam 'Yatha'

Our mothers and aunties would tell us stories using these natural figurines while drawing in the sand

There is one large creek that comes into the country which splits out into my mother’s country called Ti-tree

MAREE KOO-OILA | ‘Paamp (Lagoon)’ | Synthetic Polymer on Canvas Wongai Tree She kept asking himWal gnal series focuses on Marees Grandmother's totem. An emerging artist at Wik & Kugu, Maree is the granddaughter of the late Akay Koooila who was one of the first female painters in Aurukun. Like her grandmother, Maree applies bold colour combinations to express her unique cultural identify. Her paintings draw on the lands surrounding Aurukun, including her own tribal country of Wal ngal and Knox River. Maree belongs to the Winchanam Ceremonial