REV-5

Veronica Yanawana

Bidyadanga Artists

Acrylic on canvas: 60.5 x 46.5 x 2.2cm

My painting is a landscape of my father’s Country, Mangala Country. It depicts the running river (Jila) and all the dots are rocks and green grass. [The] blue one [is the] stream with the green grass and white rocks. I have been there a couple of years ago with our people, the Mangala. We went to go see the Country, and it cleared and opened my mind. I felt happy and sad at the same time. I felt the spirit around the Country.  
 
Mangala Country lies at the top of the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia. It is a vast landscape of red sand, spinifex, waterholes and salt lakes. This Country holds strong stories, and for Veronica, painting it is a way of keeping her connection alive and sharing her father’s Country with others.