Painting: Waters of Wellness

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I painted this illustration using watercolours and acrylics on canvas. Some time ago I awoke from a dream of waters cascading down rocks similar to what I saw at Uluru some years ago. The cascading waters became a woman sending the healing waters into the underground rivers, to be distributed as healing encouragement across the land. The dream was vivid and heralded a feeling of anticipation and healing.

The painting was created using watercolours and acrylics on a canvas and took three days to create.
 To this day I can still visualise the vision. I see it as a painting to encourage healing of some sort to many, not just to myself.
 I felt drawn to include a subliminal depiction of a medicine wheel depicting East as the Eagle (the overall picture), North as the Kangaroo (going forward, no going back), West as the Snake (that sheds its skin at sunset as it grows in knowledge and wisdom), and the Whale that swims towards us (asking us to notice what is swimming towards us), and then we return to the East and the big picture. The woman in the centre representing 'all that there is' through the Tree of Life.

 I wonder what this painting might mean to you? Each of us will have a different reaction. I would love my viewers to feel into the insight for themselves at different times of need.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF NGURRA

The City of the Blue Mountains is located within the Ngurra (Country) of the Dharug and Gundungurra peoples. MTNS MADE recognises that Dharug and Gundungurra Traditional Owners have a continuous and deep connection to their Country and that this is of great cultural significance to Aboriginal people, both locally and in the region. For Dharug and Gundungurra People, Ngurra takes in everything within the physical, cultural and spiritual landscape – landforms, waters, air, trees, rocks, plants, animals, foods, medicines, minerals, stories and special places. It includes cultural practice, kinship, knowledge, songs, stories and art, as well as spiritual beings, and people: past, present and future. Blue Mountains City Council pays respect to Elders past and present while recognising the strength, capacity and resilience of past and present Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Blue Mountains region.