I have been refining a technique of painting recently and feel that I am finally getting the look I am after which tells the story I am trying to express. The pieces of the puzzle finally clicked into place when I was fortunate enough to have a conversation with Warmun artist, Bessie Daylight, at the Nomad Two Worlds Artist Retreat. Bessie paints with the natural ochres which she collects and grinds into a fine powder. For her, the connection between the colours she collects from the country and the colours she uses to represent stories from the county is obvious and seamless. And her work is beautiful. So I began to use a more muted palette and …well, I’m ‘feeling’ it.
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