Guya,guuya,kuyar (fish)

This artwork was of a flood plain that is fed by a river call Gulari in Wiradjuri language, from overflow flood waters. It is a system of flood land seasonal lakes on great expansive grass and wood lands inhabited by massive flocks of wildlife, because of this the Wiradjuri tribe and neighboring tribes hunted there in spring and summer months. Traditional site of rock grooving, making of stone implement are found around the area as well as scar trees found from Wiradjuri people making canoes. This land now known as lake cowal was in the Bland Shire.
Baiame the Wiradjuri creator provided and sustained the Wiradjuri tribe in season that thanks was given by ceremonial corroborees, these sacred sites within that area were kept by the elders and clever men.
As a Wiradjuri man that has return to be on land, I can certainly feel the presents of the wisdom spoken in the Wiradjuri belief of an all-mighty unseen creator, and his ever present with us he is known by the Wiradjuri as Baiame. I was given blessing to paint and see what I see from the old people passing down Yandamarra to me. For 28 years I have painted, and I still feel this excitement from a new artwork reflection of the spirit and sole of peace and wisdom. I chase this again and again in each artwork to get more power and find that inner peace. My dream is to share Wiradjuri belief of Baiame the creator, whom we now believe created Jesus born of a virgin the only true son of God but through his death and resurrection we to are children of God.
Some people would say how can a Wiradjuri or a primitive culture accept the Jesus from the bible, my answer is we knew him in the spirit and live by his laws better than white man. Our ideology was not about building a wealthy society by enslaving many for a select few privileged, but rather serving our God who engrave law on our conscience. Unlike a society system profiting from wars and harnessing technologies to bottleneck humanity into the select few controlees. This painting is depicting the love and respect all humanity should have for God the almighty creating humanity, the world should not respect the manipulation of the power by the few elites on earth creating a system to worship money.
Eternity created for those who have ears to hear eyes to see and a will to obey what is a fact, the spirits above cast out of heaven to hell lead those with a vision of grandeur on this earth and after life.
I serve him who says ask and you will receive, knock and the door be open to you, be not afraid for I am with you, endure until death and I with receive you into eternal paradise.
I am sure as every man will be judged by his or her level of understanding of God, I as a Wiradjuri believer will be justified by his faith on judgment day as good and faithful.
Thank you very much.
Darren Alfred Cooper.

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Darren Cooper; Wiradjuri muralist/artist has been trading as Koori Creations for over 25 years and has been show cased by Swarovski Crystal World Innsbruck Austria and won a NSW tourism awards for his murals, he’s create and learned both traditional and contemporary style artifact range of boomerangs and didgeridoos are outstanding original hand made products necklaces, wood carvings. Temora rural Museum 2013 ; Condobolin WCC murals 2011 ; 2010 West Wyalong land council ; 2008 accepted a scholarship to study a visual art degree at Deakin University Geelong Victory.2007 April commission for a national initiative Beyond blue , $11,000.00 a huge success .2006 I was acknowledgment for my contribution in Redfern area for the opening of my Koori Creations studio to the public inner city Koori Mail a indigenous national newspaper. 2004 January commission for five drawings used by the People with Disability Australia Incorporated state wide. 2003 In April I met Aboriginal Artist Gordon Syron and his wife Elian, the owners of Black Fella Dreaming gallery the gallery brought a large painting of 2 meters by 2meters call Wiradjuri river camp site later sole by Sotheby $14.000.00 ; 2003 Open shop 17 George Redfern till 2007 , 2002 July Liverpool city Mil-Pra Aboriginal art 10th exhibition titled Reflections- culture. 2002 Innsbruck Austria Europe with some considerable acclaimed. 2001 The winter festival Dream Time-Tracks, Swarovski Crystal world a guest for three months creating a large Mural 2 meter by 10 meter , design in Europe largest 7 meter boomerang an erected and several other smaller art work plus a 4 meter sand painting in Swarovski Crystal on Australian red sand.2000 February Aboriginal an islander health worker Journal commission Brolgas in the Afternoon, for special edition was use as the cover;2000 January NEW SOUTH WALES ABORIGINAL LAND COUNCIL, commissioned art for poster. 2000 Woolgoolga public high school commissions design mural with the Aboriginal students culture program;1999 completed a successful grant application assisted by Jenny Clare former Manager of singer Archie Roach and local indigenous elder Bea Ballangarray,it was a honour to have that type of support;1998 November opening Exhibition of CoopersKoorCreation Art of Wellness Healing Centre. 1998 November I complete a certificate IV in small business management, at Coffs Harbour Business College;1997 Woolgoolga art Group incorporated invited to join the art group as a budding artist at this time I was still very young and unknown .1993 November at the age of 23 years of age I was commission a 30 meter by 3meter wall at saint August Catholic primary school in Coffs Harbour, I was approached by Pintable Mr. Mike Hagen to paint the wall as all the other Aboriginal artist were not interested due to the size of wall;1993 October a presentation of three art pieces to Woolgoolga Primary School on be haft of Yarrawarra Aboriginal Corporation as part of Aboriginal culture week.

1993 October at the age of 23 years of age I graduations form an eight mouth cultural course where I began my identity as an Aboriginal artist at Red Rock road Corindi beach a place called the bottom end a art class mentor by three Aboriginal artists whom were my elders. The Yarrawarra Aboriginal Corporation this is where my dreaming began.