Where the River Meets the Ocean (framed)

• Art Centre

  Ku'arlu Mangga

• Year

  2022

• Medium

  oil based ink on 250gsm rag paper

• Size

  57x60

Colleen Drage lives and works in Northampton, on Yamatji Country. She is a senior Nhanda woman and cultural leader in the community. She has a strong cultural background from her early life on Murchison House Station, with many memories and stories from aunties and uncles and particularly her father. Her artwork celebrates these memories and connection to Country. This work shows her father's Country from Coolcoolaya Station on Murchison River, Ajana and the mouth of the Murchison River, where it meets the Indian Ocean. She says, "In this work I have been working on patterns, moving on from a subject on a background, and have been making the work with two passes through the press for the colour effects. I have been trying to replicate the boldness and drama of the large open landscapes on this country.”