Rhonda Duncan

She says of painting, “It is good because it makes you feel good inside your heart and mind. Sometimes when I don’t have space to go out with a car I love doing painting because it takes me somewhere. It really makes your mind relax – the image of land and nature. Sometimes you think about the old people and how they used to live in the land - the rivers, the billabongs, hunting, animals and everything- coming together to share the food and the life.”

In September 2017 Rhonda had her first experience of textile design at a workshop run by Tim Growcott and Millie Shorter, facilitated by Magpie Goose in partnership with Katherine Regional Arts. When asked about putting her designs on texitiles, she says: “Make me feel proud; I love doing it. I have so much inspiration – my painting, my families, it’s good.”