Ally Charles
Rainbow snake 2008

synthetic polymer paint
centre panel: 59.5 x 49.5 cm, side panels: 59.5 x 20.0 cm (each), (a–c) 59.5 x 89.5 cm (overall)
Bendigo Senior Secondary College, Bendigo
 
Being Aboriginal from the Yorta Yorta clan, I studied my heritage, my culture and its stories. I used traditional patterns and techniques. Dot painting is used to represent the journey of my people, tracking where they have walked. Rainbow Snake is a Dreamtime story passed down to me, which describes how the Rainbow Snake created the rivers and the crevices to make valleys for the flow of the Murray River. The colours represent our land, nature and the plants used for our staple foods.