Black land, red rock, white wash Painting

Up and down the coastline, surrounding islands, and across the vast Australian interior, the land is peppered with horrific massacres of First Nations Peoples. The red stains, white-washed in the history books of Colonial triumph and exploration and the myth of ‘Terra Nullius’. When climbing Red Rock Headland on the North Coast of NSW recently, I stumbled upon a simple memorial plaque, acknowledging the continued survival of the Gumbaingirr People and the many conflicts over their traditional lands, including the terrible massacre of ‘Blood Rock’, where many Gumbaingirr People lost their lives, driven off the headland in the 1880’s. I sat in silence, watching the sun rise over this breath-taking landscape, trying to reconcile how such unspeakable acts of violence and greed could have transpired in this place of outstanding natural beauty and tranquillity. As I starred out to the horizon, New Holland Honeyeaters sang and flitted around me, banksia flowers basked in the golden light and whales breached in the vastness of the blue. Omens in the language of the natural world, teaching me that somehow, nature finds a way to heal, even the most horrific acts of human terror.

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:60.6 W x 48.2 H x 1.6 D in

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