Body Painting#9606C04-15

"This body paint represent Dibirdi meaning river rock cod in our language. This is my totem from my father and his father. The men folks paint up with their totem on their body before they dance in a corroboree."

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"I like painting body paint up designs and totem designs. To me this is the strongest thing I can paint to express my feelings about who I am and where I come from. I like to paint at the Art Centre with the other artists because it is fun and interesting and gives me something to look forward to each week. We also get to work with different media like felts, silver, hebel and ceramics. I love sculpuring forming figures out of different materials. I love working with my hand. I was born in Mt Isa like a lot of people here but always think of myself as born and bred on Mornington Island. I went to school here and have lived here all my life. I have 4 children, 1 boy and 3 girls. My youngest is 8. I love to go camping and fishing and also collecting small shells from the beach to make shell necklaces."