Billabong Country - Dorothy Forrest, 2022 Mervyn Street

Billabong Country - Dorothy Forrest, 2022 Mervyn StreetThe roots of the lily pad can be roasted and eaten. They are found in billabongs and springs and have a beautiful flower. Dorothy Forrest Acrylic on Canvas 120 x 150cm Please Note: All artworks on canvas are delivered unstretched and rolled to ensure safe and efficient delivery. All artworks purchases will include artist biographies and certificates of authenticity.

When i was young we were living there

I was screaming

Penny K-Lyons

We use to catch fish and turtle

My mother and father lived and hunted here

Driven by senior artists from across the Kimberley the paintings

We would gift it to our teachers and people as a gift from our country

My father worked at Cherrabun station

just before the rain

ready to hang

We would gift it to our teachers and people as a gift from our country

It's very long way into the desert behind a big hill and it has four trees around the waterhole