2021
ELEVEN Australia · Holiday Collection
In 2021, I partnered with ELEVEN Australia to create artwork for its limited-edition holiday gifts. Seven original paintings, made across 2020 and 2021, carried stories of family, Country, memory and healing into the collection.
Jamba remembers walking through rock formations in the Gulf of Carpentaria with my siblings. Garnumba follows the wet season, when rivers and creeks run and waterholes fill beyond their banks.
Aliyulu and Aliyulu II hold memories of looking for turtles with family. As waterholes dry, we walk across the bed and listen for the sound of a shell beneath the mud.
Lagija centres on the coolamon and its many uses: gathering food, holding belongings, carrying coals and rocking babies to sleep. Babarra follows a safe and healthy journey, with bush plums, flowers and land marking the way.
Magajarra remembers a pair of hills on the drive between Queensland and the Northern Territory. We would camp at the base of one, and it felt like home.
The collaboration placed those stories on gift packaging, with explanations of the artworks and their symbols accompanying the range.
Product photographs: ELEVEN Australia, via SHEmazing’s November 2021 feature.
