Jerita Mengil - Binjin

$450.00

28 x 38cm, natural ochre and pigment on paper.

 

This is my grandmother's traditional country at Binjin - Bucket Springs in the Keep River area. There is a freshwater spring that bubbles up from the rock near the Keep River. The waterfall creek flows into two little creeks and there is a billabong there which is good for fishing and hunting.

About the artist:

"I was born in Darwin and went to school in Kununurra. First at St Joseph's School and then to Kununurra District School and Barramundi School. I like fishing and painting. I paint my Nana's Country."