GOANNA, AUSTRALIAN SKIN SERIES 2

Painted and copyrighted by Danielle Burford in 2011, Acrylic on Canvas, 760 x 740mm

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Package includes: artist statement, full paintings legend, certificate of origin and depending on the type of purchase set of greeting cards or special limited edition certification. Image is available as a special edition 12.12.2012

General paintings legend:

Goanna is my totem animal. I had the honour to come across this amazing reptile, who posed for me. This painting is once again painted from the inspiration I gathered from nature, yet it is a little bit different. As I said the goanna has been Totem Animal of my people; its Spirit was watching over us for thousands of years and it was making sure our connection to our land will always stay in our hearts and will be calling us.

I decided to depict the cycle of this magnificent animal which is connected to the appearance. As you can see depicted here is the shedding skin of the Goanna, which is depicted with grey areas and the new skin emerging and displaying its beauty and novelty. The process is part of life, which is rebirth and death, and no matter the circumstance, death will come. Through the shedding skin, the basic and most important parts are still present and are forming a new skin for the animal. It reminds me that although our surroundings do change, our skin color may change with Summer, our bodies will fatten or become slimmer, the core of our being will stay within us and make us beautiful and strong in Spirit, our passion, love and respects to our culture, which will form an amazing new pattern. And although we, ourselves, can be seen as ’shedded skin’ and vanish into the Milky Way, it may be our children which will be reborn from our respects, love and passion to carry on the beauty of us and our people.

Once again, this is my personal introduction, but you may find another meaning in the facts, or in the image. The most important thing is that you will stop for a second and think about our connections to nature and our Ancestors: a connection to our lands which is honoured through this amazing Australian reptile.

Warralang Eastern Brown Snake, Australian Skin series

Painted and copyrighted by Danielle Burford in 2011, Acrylic on Canvas, 750 x 1000 mm

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General paintings legend:

I received my inspiration from nature. The Eastern Brown snake is one of the most dangerous snakes we need to be aware of, and although we should step back when we see them, there is so much beauty in them as nature painted these snakes with more than one pattern. The Spirit of the snake should never be forgotten as if we will be ignorant to them and their surroundings. We may get hurt. As I see it, creatures like this are reminding us that no matter what people think, no matter how we are calling ourselves ‘the most powerful species on this earth’, we are only visitors and guardians and should behave as such, or we will get reminders from creatures such as this beautiful snake, that the truth is hidden somewhere else.

Depicted here is the skin of Eastern brown snake which when placed flat, from top to the bottom of the snake, we will see amazing, almost mathematical patterns. My painting is to honour this connection and Spirit of the snake, so when he will come across our people or playing children, it would rather choose a different pathway as the reminder to those who are trying to destroy our lands.

ANEMONE

Painted and copyrighted by Danielle Burford in 2010

Acrylic on Canvas with crushed sea shells, 650 x 1200 mm

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General paintings legend:

This painting is a reflection of my dreams. I often look above my head and admire stars, planets and all those sparkling tiny spots. Same as I wonder about the night sky, I also wonder about ocean. I have great respects to the ocean, its power and dangers. The ocean’s beauty came to me at later stage, when I moved to Coffs Harbour. This move inspired me to explore more about ocean life.

In my dream I was swimming in the deep blue water. My dream brought me fear at first as there was no land to stand on, nothing to hang on to - the “big blue” was as amazing as it was truly scary. Suddenly a dolphin came to me and guided me to amazing underwater gardens. Anemones and sea bed coral all around me. I was surprised how amazing life was, hidden below the crashing waves, and what diversity, beauty and resources were being preserved, many of which were an important source to our Ancestors along the coastlines.

Then suddenly, all went dark. Yet I was not scared as the dolphin still accompanied me. It was night. All had changed, with phosphorescent corals and anemones emerging. I then stumbled upon “Shell Way”, that reflected our Milky Way, built from thousands and thousands of glittering shell pieces and sand seeds. It was then, when I realised that our world is made from many smaller worlds which need our protection, and that the Spirits of creatures living in those worlds may not affect us in very direct way, yet they were part of our worlds and we have to listen to them as well. We are custodians not only of the land we stand on, but also of the land below the water ’ssurface and with the same passion, we have to guard and care for it, as we are connected to it.

Snowy Mountain and the Rainbow Trout

Painted and copyrighted by Danielle Burford in 2011, Acrylic on Canvas, 750 x 1000 mm

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General paintings legend:

Depicted here is an exact aerial view of part of the Snowy River in the Snowy Mountains of NSW. The top of the view displays a Rainbow Trout, which has been very important food source to our people. The x-ray display shows the skeletal structure of the fish, with its favorite food as its belly content. My people used to depict x-ray structures in order to introduce animal structures and the diet of animals.

This painting is once again a reflection of my mind, and I would like to encourage you all to sink inside and see whatever you feel is depicted. If you are asking what I see the answer is simple. The dots represent the snow and footprints of our Ancestors which were traveling through the valley - dot by dot, footprint after footprint. Some of the dots are prints of the animals, whilst other dots are snow flakes themselves. Can you tell which are which? Can you find the footsteps of your friends?