Baayami

2019

Acrylic on 45 x 35cm canvas

$29k

This piece was produced after a series of conversations with a Wiradyuri

senior Lore Man. The symbol itself represents baayami.from an eastern

plains Wiradyuri perspective After the work was completed it was shared

with the Lore Man who then relayed that the symbol is the exact image he’d

witnessed as a young man painted in a cave in the the Hunter Valley,

The 5 band crosshatch represents our Wiradyuri Central Lore of Yindyamarra

Yindyamarra: To do Slowly; To be Gentle; To be Polite; To Honour; To Respect

acrylic on canvas