australian croatian artist
on Yuin country by the sea
I acknowledge the Yuin People, the Traditional Owners of the land where I work and live. I pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging. I celebrate the stories,
culture and traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders of all communities who also work and live on this land. Always was and always will be Aboriginal land.
where rainbows dot the landscape
& clouds take form
Raw, abstract work born from emotion, identity and the female experience. Painted on Yuin Country.
Venus Vulvas Rainbows — solo exhibition, November 2022
Twenty Twenty Six Gallery, Bondi Beach, Sydney
artwork created by emotions
(from Women Who Run With the Wolves) Archetypal bones represent that which can never be destroyed — the only thing we possess that is difficult to destroy is our soul. The feminine soul.
For me, it began by the sea.
untamed beauty in its rawest form
VENUS VULVAS RAINBOWS retrieves and honours who we are as women, the untamed ageless knowing and holding her against our psyches as one who is both magic & medicine - The Wild Woman – the intuitive, instinctual, sexual and powerful primal life force that lives within us, no matter how domesticated we have become, how buried we may feel, and how challenging our lives are.
Venus a symbol of pleasure, the Goddess of love, beauty and desire.
Vulvas a symbol of fertility, raw female sexuality and creative power.
Rainbows a symbol of unity, hope, new beginnings, wonder and mystery.
"Venus, Vulvas, Rainbows is dedicated to all the women of the world…
To the reclaimed, liberated, empowered women expressing their sexuality and power and challenging social constructs. To the women not yet there, who dream and desire to be. To the women caged, imprisoned, coerced, may we one day feel freedom. To the women in my life that allow me the honour of being a part of their lives, as we journey through hard and happy times, bound together by music and magic.
Thank you, I can't imagine life without you" - Melissa Mladin.
