The artist impression depicts Lake Boort, now flooded wetland habitat that sustains local wildlife, ‘the now’. A sad reflection in a different beauty of sunset, the artist depicts scar trees immersed within a watery grave. Gnowee, the sun, setting over the lake provides a calming presence and a witness of the enduring landscape.
In the darkness above celestial beings continue to watch with a protective eye from a once thriving landscape, the then’. With the now’ is representative of the lifeless frames of a once growing and strong community, seen here in the strength of the trees that once lived and now their stark frame remain.
Depicted with the circular symbolism and ‘u’ shapes as gathering, a place that welcomed Dja Dja Wurrung peoples in celebration, the voices that sang out rejoicing of the past for the gathering had begun.
Acrylic on canvas.
92 x 60 cm.
