SHERYL J BURCHILL | 'Jakal Balji (full basket)' | Etching Edition:6/10 Details: 'Anyways 1' | 2021

Details:  'Anyways 1' | 2021 | Acrylic on canvas / box timber frame | 75 x 60 cm

Far North Queensland and I am Yirrganydji (Cairns to Port Douglas) and Nughi (Stradbroke/Moreton Island) Aboriginal woman

Here he got to dance with other groups from Northern Territory

” Taking this perspective as a starting point

I am also a member of the Aboriginal Rainforest Art Group (ARAG) which is a group of like minded artists drawing inspiration from our traditional art

SHERYL J BURCHILL | 'Jakal Balji (full basket)' | Etching Edition:6/10 Details: 'Anyways 1' | 2021Sheryl J Burchill Language Group: Kuku Yalanji and Kuku Nyungkul Traditional Land: Daintree, Shiptons Flat, China Camp & Bulban Totem: Black & White Cockatoo Lives: Mossman, Far North Queensland Artwork Story: "The Kuku Yalanji language word for our Basket is Balji (pronounced buhl jee). The baskets are made from river grass or black palm. This basket may be empty to many but my inheritance, my Balji, is full it is full of my Kuku Yalanji culture