Burn Off
- Artist Name: Heath Minjin Wilson
- Dimensions: 92cm x 122cm
- Artist Location: NT
- Medium: Acrylic on linen
- Category: First Nations
During the middle of the dry season Heath's family burns the bush landscape. This allows for new growth, which allows Wallabies and Kangaroos and other edible bush foods (animals) to feed. The plants which provide berries and fruits for food and leaves for medicine can regenerate and grow back stronger for the next season.
There is also a cool southerly breeze...
There is also a cool southerly breeze...
Heath comes from a grand line of leading Aboriginal artists. He is the grandson of the master weaver, renowned painter, respected elder and award-winning artist Regina Pilawuk Wilson. His mother is the award-winning artist Helen McCarthy Tyalmuty.Heath was born in Darwin in 2001 but his life since birth has revolved around his culture and his Country. He is a keen hunter and fisherman and spends as much time on Country as possible. This and his being surrounded by great artists in his formative years is evident in the artworks he has created since commencing to paint in 2020.Heath paints the stories associated with his father's and grandmother's country at Peppimenarti and Helen's home country of Bulgul. His works are influenced by the seascape and the topography of his Country, as well as the Dreamings associated with it.
*Please note artwork will not be shipped until after the 2024 Finalist Exhibition which ends in mid-October 2024.