REV-83

Cecil Mosquito 

Warmun Art Centre

Title: Soda Springs - Turner, Flora Valley Station and the Burning on the limestones- Bird Eye view 

Ochre on canvas: 100 x 80.5 x 3.5cm

This artwork maps the landscape of Cecil Mosquito’s grandfather’s Country, Turner on Flora Valley Station, capturing its key places and the journeys between them. At its centre is Soda Spring, a continuously flowing spring that nourishes the land and shapes its waterways, surrounded by limestone formations and rocky terrain. The painting captures the burning and regeneration of the limestone Country, reflecting cycles of life and renewal. Seen from a bird’s-eye view, the path across the land unfolds. ‘To get to Turner, you travel through limestone, cross to Soda Spring, then follow the hills; that’s how we knew we were close,’ Cecil explains. The work embodies generations of knowledge, honouring his grandfather David Turner and asserting Cecil’s role as a storyteller and custodian of his Country.