Description
JEDDA THOMAS
Ochre on Canvas
90 x 100 cm
Year: 2024
WAC355/24
Healing Waters – Yaruunga
Jedda has recreated one of her Grandmothers paintings. The colours vary but the story remains the same. Jedda’s grandmother was Mary Thomas.
Mary paints about a healing water that is located in Yaruunga (Chinamen Garden) which is South East of Halls Creek. Yarungali is the bush name that was given to Mary named after this spring. Mary explains; “That spring comes wasting out from a hole beneath the ground.