Fiona's Paintings
Louvre Pyramid
Acrylic on Linen
101cm x 51cm
SOLD
I travelled to Paris with my husband in 2018. While we were there we went to the Louvre and I loved the Glass Giza depiction of the pyramids, so I created a painting about the experience from an Aboriginal perspective.
Arc De Tromphe
Acrylic on Canvas
91cm x 61cm
$5,850
There are some major monuments in Paris such as the Arc De Tromphe. It honours those that died in past French wars. While we were there we went to Harbonierres, Northern France a town where many soldiers died including my Great, Great Uncle Reg Rawlings in a major battle of WW1. I was received with a guard of honour, so this is a thank you painting for the people of France.
Paris
Acrylic on Canvas
75cm x 60cm
$3,050 (Sold)
This work is my perspective of Paris from above. I love the patterns of Paris. Paris is an artwork in itself.
Eiffel Tower
Acrylic on Canvas
38cm x 76cm
$3580
One of my favourite Paris landmarks was the Eiffel Tower, yet I only briefly saw it from the window of a taxi, as I was too busy in Paris and didn’t get a chance to visit it properly, so I’ve painted this in the hope of going back to see it.
Trip to Paris
Acrylic on Canvas
75cm x 60cm
$5,600
This is a painting about our journey to Paris first landing in Singapore then Dubai, the Paris and return. It was an exciting experience and we were treated with kindness by Aeroplane staff of Emirates from start to finish, something, (kindness) I’m always grateful for.
Camps
Acrylic on Canvas
76cm x 51cm
$4550
Every living creature including humans return to the waterhole as the lakes and rivers help keep everything alive.
The boomerangs represent the returning of everything. The circle is the waterhole. The lines and earth colours are the land.
Kelly Swamp
Price: SOLD
Dimensions: 76cm x 38cm
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Meaning:
Kelly Swamp is a special place near the beach in Killarney where all my ancestors and tribes from all around before European settlement used to gather up to their thousands to meet, tell stories, get married, sort out differences, trade tools and other things, initiations etc.
The top is the sunset sky. The brown curvy line are the waves from the sea. The circles in the middle is Kelly’s Swamp. The circle on the left is the Salt water swamp and the circle on the right are all the tribes meeting. The yellow line work is the sand and beach.
Waterhole – Kangaroos
Price: $3,990
Dimensions: 760mm x 510mm
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Meaning:
All the animals of the land are our friends and we respect each and every one of them. This painting represents the survival of our kangaroos visiting the waterhole to drink water and survive taking their little joey’s with them to grow and sustain their families. We also depend on them for our survival as they sustain us and have powerful spirits.
The arrow type marks represent the emu and the circles represent the waterholes.
Waterhole – Emu tracks
Price: $3,950
Dimensions: 760mm x 510mm
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Meaning:
All the animals of the land are our friends and we respect each and every one of them. This painting represents the survival of our emus visiting the waterhole to drink water and survive taking ther little families with them. We also depend on them for our survival as they sustain us and have powerful spirits.
The double arrow type marks represent the kangaroo and their tracks. The circles represent the waterholes.
The Universe
Prices: $5,000
Dimensions: 760 x 760
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Meaning:
I look to the Universe positively every day. Many of our Aboriginal dreamtime stories come from the ‘Minkgills’ (Stars) in the sky and their formations. When I plan for the future I think of my people’s stories and I call on the Universe to make great things happen in my life and my loved ones lives, then the stars shine brightly like the main Minkgill in the middle. As you ask the Universe it swirls like the four winds and returns your wishes to you.
Seven Sisters (7 paintings for series)
Acrylic on Canvas, (framed)
Story:
Long ago there were seven young women who were sisters. They were always together. They only wanted to marry one man so they would not be separated. Waa, the Crow, saw the young women. He fell in love with one whose name was Ngeeanggar, the Eagle. Ngeeanggar was not interested in Waa because he would not marry her sisters as well. Waa was angry. One day the seven sisters went looking for grubs which they loved to eat. Waa saw them. He changed himself into a grub, and bored a hole in a tree and waited for the sisters. Before long they found him. Each of the sisters tried to catch him with their wooden hooks. As each sister put their wooden hooks into the hole, Waa the grub, broke the ends. When Ngeeanggar put her hook in Waa let her catch him. When he was pulled out he turned back into Waa the Crow and carried Ngeeanggar off to the sky. The six sisters left behind followed Ngeeanggar and Waa into the skies searching for their sister. Ngeeanggar became the star Sirius and Waa became the star Canopus. The sisters became Kuurrokeheaar, the Pleiades.
Re-told and translated by Vicki Couzens