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Healing Land, Rivers, Sea and Ocean Top

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This vibrant fashion top is the perfect colourful addition to every woman's wardrobe. For the office, it looks great with black straight-leg trousers or a pencil skirt, or for a more casual look, pair with jeans and your favourite sneakers.

Artwork Story

Charlie Chambers' painting 'Healing Land, Rivers, Sea and Ocean' represents each part of the land and sea coming together as one, each natural ecosystem connecting in myriad ways to heal.

Starting at the bottom of the painting you will see the land featuring a kangaroo and emu with each of their unique tracks represented. In the centre you will see a freshwater stream with platypus, silver perch, eel and dhu fish:

"The eel and dhu fish, they go amongst the weeds, that's why you've got the green and yellow representing the undergrowth in the water... When you look at the dark blue [dots], that's the river running, the flow of the river."

This then connects to the shoreline where you can see people and community: "It's about healing the land and culture. When you talk about culture these guys are painted up representing culture... they're holding artefacts, they've got boomerangs... the ladies got the dillybag and the digging stick."

Next to the shoreline is the ocean: "Here [top left corner] you've got the turtle... when they come up to the shore they lay their eggs... So, you look after the shore; you look after the land... Here [bottom left corner of painting] you've got dolphins...you look at Moreton Island for instance where they feed the dolphins every afternoon. So, if you look after the land, you let dolphins be happy and come back for feeding time."

About the Artist

Charlie Chambers (Jnr) is an Australian Aboriginal artist belonging to the Jarowair tribe from the Toowoomba, Dalby and Bunya mountain region.

"When I was young, I would sit with my elders and listen to these Dreamtime stories, but the stories would go in one ear and out the other. It was when I got older that I started to think about these stories and start painting them."

"The main reason I love painting is to keep the stories that the elders told me about the community alive."

Follow him @jarrawoir

Colour: Blue

Label: Yarn

✔️ Designed in Australia ✔️ Supports Indigenous artists ✔️ Gives back ✔️ Plus size designer

Each Yarn design is created in collaboration with Indigenous artists, whose artworks tell stories of the Dreamtime, Country and tradition.

Designed in: Meanjin / Brisbane, QLD

Made In: China