Colleen has painted for many years, she enjoys painting, especially ‘out bush’. She was one of the original artists in the Utopian Batik movement in the 1980’s and has been successfully painting ever since.
Her paintings often depict her Grandfather's country where her family have hunted for many years. As a child she was taught about the seasonal bush medicines and plants that grew there and how to gather them.
The elders would teach the importance of looking after country and that the sacred ancestral spirits watch over and protect the animals and plants. Her Mother and Grandmother taught her all about bush medicine, a topic that is especially important to Colleen and is expressed through her paintings. The layers of Colleen's paintings are as detailed and complex as the stories she paints. Her paintings help to keep her culture strong and the stories alive to be shared and used to educate current and future generations.
Colleen has painted for many years, she enjoys painting, especially ‘out bush’. She was one of the original artists in the Utopian Batik movement in the 1980’s and has been successfully painting ever since.
Her paintings often depict her Grandfather's country where her family have hunted for many years. As a child she was taught about the seasonal bush medicines and plants that grew there and how to gather them.
The elders would teach the importance of looking after country and that the sacred ancestral spirits watch over and protect the animals and plants. Her Mother and Grandmother taught her all about bush medicine, a topic that is especially important to Colleen and is expressed through her paintings. The layers of Colleen's paintings are as detailed and complex as the stories she paints. Her paintings help to keep her culture strong and the stories alive to be shared and used to educate current and future generations.