Made of Mountains

Made of MountainsThis artwork was created on a canvas that I ordered a couple years ago. Turns out the canvas was the wrong texture (gsm and smoothness for my marking pens). I kept it in storage and brought it out when I was having a creative block to unwind so it became like a scribble drawing pad, a big one too. The more special part of this art is the infusion of the clay pigment from Mount Hagen that I collected years ago, mixed with acrylic paint and flow mediums

It is too often that we forget the complexity

I question whether the soul is naturally pure

This print of the Mountain Meri - Jiwaka Flawa is printed on Canson Platine Fibre Rag 310 GSM Paper

a culturally significant vessel used to store lime for betelnut

reflecting the world young girls often grow up navigating

Who is she

Four kina shells encircle her

Created in the year marking 50 years of Papua New Guinea’s independence

babies are known to be wrapped and nursed in the fur

We aim to get orders as soon as they are ready

signifying her forward-thinking nature

growth and possibility