REV-108

Kohan Woods

Independent Artist

Title: Walking Myself Home

Acrylic on canvas: 60 x 30 x 2cm

This artwork holds the sacred relationship to Country, to place, and I, Kohan want to explore where I belong in that landscape. The red ground speaks first here, and my feet dipped in deliberate and proud black paint connects with the canvas physically and literally. I feel immediately transported to deep Kinjarling Country, a place I long to know and connect with in real time. Others were born there before me and left their own stories, tracks and impressions. Were they making a sovereign mark, or were they laid down in pursuit or warning? Were they wandering or in ceremony? I would not be alone out there, guided by the hum of language and the infinite knowledge and wisdom of my Elders guiding my journey. The road map in this time travel artwork are the circles of meeting places with mob I am yet to know in person. The dots signify this place of rain, seeds and the spirit beings, and all of their interconnected creation stories… and now I, Kohan, walk in with mine. I arrive with the route to the Menang people lighting my heart and embedded in my sole. I am Kohan Woods, and I am a living breathing ochre being, I am the earth, the water, the air, the dust and the stars. I am the song and key lines of land, rock, wood and animals, and I am ready to sing in harmony with every facet of my origin home.