Standing on Ngach II (homeland) 201

My country Pathacy (Chester River near Coen) that’s where my Grandmother is from.  My figures are about family and country. I do my painting to carry my culture on and so my children will know our stories. 

With an intuitive confidence for colour and composition and a desire to reveal an implicit Indigenous narrative, Fiona explores the essential notions of family and connectedness in her paintings. Beginning as a teenager as part of the famed Lockhart River Art Gang, Fiona is comfortable painting both small and larger scale works developing her distinctive technique over many years. The artist often builds rich textures of blended colours, scraping through the layers revealing her recognisable imagery and figures and coastal landscape forms. Whilst these may be reminiscent of some Quinkan rock art iconography (of Laura near Cooktown, FNQ) Fiona explains that her figures are a personal interpretation of togetherness - her own family and spirit.

Accordingly the artists’ themes constantly revolve around bloodline, kinship and connectivity. A continuous relationship with past and present is expressed through the artist’s sense of line and space (both positive and negative). The figures are at once families involved in day-to-day activities such as fishing and hunting or exploring the human condition.

Courtesy of the artist and FireWorks Gallery 2021.

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