Visitors to our Girraween site may have spotted a new addition to the office. This beautiful painting, titled ‘Flow’, was commissioned to commemorate the beginning of our reconciliation journey.
It was created for us by Jessica Meriki Tobin, an artist, educator and Dharug woman who comes from a family of artists who live and work in the Blue Mountains.
‘Flow’ aims to capture the delicate but sometimes fast flow of water after it falls as rain to the earth, flowing down from the mountains to the sea as rivers, and then distributed via its creeks and waterways across country, nourishing the land and all that live there.
‘Flow’ alludes to the ebbs and flows within families, but also captures the swirling eddies and cleansing currents that move through the waterways. It acknowledges the importance of the preservation of our water while encouraging a reverence for water and her sacred role in our everyday lives.
Displayed in our Girraween head office located on Dharug land, it reminds our people and visitors to appreciate how water connects us all, and the importance of working together towards reconciliation.
Contributors: Jessica Benten and Georgina Hilder
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