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Respect Our Elders measures 50.9 x 50.9CM and is acrylic on stretched (ready to hang) canvas.
Respect Our Elders tells the story of elders being the protectors, knowledge holders and play a pivotal role in our mobs and communities. In the left corner, children are being protected by our elders. We have a waterhole above depicting the Blue Lake, being Boandik Country. The piece then has meeting places and traveling symbols to represent elders meeting with family and mob, and mob travelling to meet elders to be taught local knowledge and to connect. The piece has three separate backgrounds that blend together, representing three countries where elders travel across each country imparting wisdom and knowledge, promoting connection along the way. All countries are held together by our elders, to which we pay respect. Throughout the piece there are meeting places, waterholes and travelling symbols to depict the landscape, elders and mob making journeys and yarning.
About The Artist
Bianka Carson Artist Profile:
My Aboriginal ancestral roots originated from my mother through my grandmother in Ceduna and I was born on Boandik country. Ceduna tribes include Wirangu, Mirning, Kokatha and Pitjantjatjara tribes. My language group is Wirangu. I am very passionate about my cultural heritage. I grew up with many stories around using natural resources and remedies where possible. Some stories were around bush medicine and other stories related to the land, animals and spirits. I love painting with bright colours and blending colours together to create different kinds of shades, gradients and patterns within a painting, but it depends on what I feel like painting at the time.
Cotton Rag Paper Print Framing
Your local framer can frame your paper print in a'shadow box' frame. Otherwise you can purchase similar frames from the likes of Big W and Kmart.
