Garden island

Garden Island is an artwork of garden island and point person in Rockingham Western Australia. I was taken on a tour from the Australian navy as I was in a show creating artwork around nd the island, Garden island is currently used as base for the Australian Navy, and was also the first place in Western Australia that the British settles settled on, for is safe location just off the mainland.
apart from its history with the military it is quite a important place for Aboriginal people , as it used to be connect to the main land and is part of the story of the sea taking over the land, this is shown as it is a shallow sea called the Derbarlmarra.

the island shows where the first cap was set up by Governor Stirling and it showcases the first path taken by the Governor to come ashore.

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Artist Profile: Bradley KickettBradley Kickett is a local Noongar artist. He was born in Northam and grew up in Perth. He is descended from the Kickett clan in York, Western Australia. He began painting in 2007.Bradley’s style of art is abstract with paintings depicted from an aerial view and illustrated in a fluid style that he has developed over the last three years. Bradley’s art pieces are influenced by experiencing Noongar country, from the oceans to the rivers and seeing the wildflowers and the land from the air and showing the flow and the shapes of the earth. These images are all interwoven with the history and the stories that are shared and passed down to him from his family and elders.Since 2007, Bradley has exhibited and sold work at True Blue Gallery, Maaliup Aboriginal Art Gallery, Kings Park Aboriginal Art Gallery, Yonga Boodjah Aboriginal Art Gallery and the Walliup Cultural Centre in Fremantle.Further to this, Bradley has also exhibited and sold work at the Animal Art Awards, 2010, Manjar Art Awards (2010-2016), City of Gosnells Art Awards (2011, 2015 & 2016), City of Belmont Art Awards (2015 & 2016) and the City of South Perth, Emerging Artist Award (2015). Bradley was the winner of the Acrylic Award at the City of Gosnells, 2015 and received the Highly Commended Award at the City of Belmont, 2016.Bradley is currently studying in his second year at Curtin University, towards a Bachelor of Arts majoring in fine art.