Johanna Wunbirri Gregory

Blue signifies the ocean off the coast of Narungga country where my family are laid to rest. We scatter their ashes along the bay of Coobowie Yarluwar Ruwe (sea country) as the place holds significant value to us. The turquoise are small shallow sand patches which we pass as we boat out into deeper ocean. The pink shapes represent flower petals which we scatter onto the ocean and remember our family. Finally, the grey is the ashes of my Mutha (great grandmother), her passing was most recent and surreal. She passed at 96 years and we thought she could really live forever. Her memory will live on in this painting as it does every time I head out in the Coobowie Harbor