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.