tirikiba – place of flame

Ochre Earth Pigments on Linen
30.5cm x 30.5cm
2022

Tirikiba – place of flame
We are a fire country; it is our way of managing the land. The health of our soils have relied on our burning systems for 1000’s of years. Our people have used sophisticated sustainable agricultural systems by using this method of cultural land management. This small piece represents the hot fires that have ravished our lands. It is with cool burning that we can reduce the amount of damage done by hot fires to ecosystems