Artist: Jaymee Woods – Yilburann
Artwork Name: Boodja Kaatitjin
Artwork Story
This artwork depicts the process of intergenerational knowledge transfer across Country.
Boodja means Country and Kaatitjin represents Knowledge. The blue represents water
which is an integral part of our culture and connection to Country, as we learn that water
is the giver of life. The blue circles surrounded and connected by lines through the middle
of the artwork represent waterholes. The green represents Boodja (Country) and the
vibrancy of the green represents the health and strength of our relationship with the
land. The two shades of brown represent both my matriarchal and patriarchal lines. The
dots connecting the two camps interwoven across the canvas through Country and water
represent the pathways my families have walked as they travelled through Country for
generations, reinforcing that ‘Connection to Country’ and allowing for intergenerational
knowledge transfer.
Artist Bio
Jaymee (Yilburann) is an emerging First Nations artist born in Albany, WA with cultural
connections all along the South-Coast, from Walpole to the beginning of the Great
Australian Bight. While she is considered an emerging artist, she has been painting for
almost two decades which has resulted in an evolution of style, colour, and design. She
loves telling stories through a medium that allows her to immerse herself in her culture
and share that with the wider community as has been done for generations before her.
