Painting by Mahalia Mabo 45 Artworks Sold

Seeds of Yesterday 2

Mixed Media, Canvas, Ready to hang

76cm (W) x 50cm (H) x 2.5cm (D)

Certificate of Authenticity Included
A$1,580

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Artwork Description

We’d sit in the water apple tree out the front, talking and laughing. We didn’t call them water apples though. They were Ero’s we’d eat ‘em till our bellies were full or all the ripe ones were gone, whichever came first. My Ata (grandfather) planted that tree from seeds from Mer and its seeds had dispersed around the neighbourhood. Once, we sold a white plastic bag full of Ero’s to the old fulla across the road. Not sure how much we charged for them but he paid and took the whole bag, even though he had his own water apple tree in his front yard…

Artist Bio

Mahalia Mabo is a proud Manbarra, Nywaigi and Meriam woman. She comes from a long line of artists and creatives. Her paternal grandparents, the late activists Dr Eddie Koiki Mabo and Dr Bonita Mabo were both artists and creatives, her father a sculptor and mother and maternal grandmother painters. Her artwork represents her connection to Country, family and her saltwater heritage. Her paternal grandfather connects her to Mer in the Torres Straits and her paternal grandmother connects her to the Great Barrier Reef and its creation story. Mahalia is an intuitive artist.