“Dja”
Billy-Jay O"Toole Wadawurrung
Acrylic on Canvas 2022
Commissioned for the 2023/24 First Nations NBN Box Art Project

About the artwork

"This design represents all elements of country and the importance of country to all of us today. It shows the spiritual connection we all share from our sky country to our water country and the leaves which are a passage of welcoming you on to country.
I am on a journey learning language and I like to connect this to my paintings and stories of Wadawurrung Country." - Billy-Jay O'Toole 

About the artist

Billy-Jay O"Toole is a proud Wadawurrung man who was born in raised on and lives on Wadawurrung country in Geelong.
He is a recognised Traditional Owner and member of Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation. BJ’s style is contemporary always reflecting the stories and colours of Country with the use of bright and earthy colours and symbols as well as the elements of country water mountains sun and coast.

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