Charmaine Davis

Charmaine Davis is a proud Gumbaynggir and Bundjalung artist based in Ipswich, Queensland. In her practice she uses netted curtains and produce bags as mark-making tools. These layered stencilled patterns create macro and micro perspectives of the landscape, recalling DNA and the interconnected systems that sustain Country.

Says Davis of this work, "As a proud Aboriginal woman, my relationship with Country is at the heart of my practice. Country is far more than a landscape. It is a living presence that holds the stories, memories, and spirit of my ancestors, my family, and the generations still to come. It is where I find connection, belonging, and identity. When I look across the land, I see these stories woven through it like threads in a tapestry, connecting past, present, and future.

"Washpool Creek is where my family come together to connect on Country. Bare feet on the earth and wading in the cooling waters of the creek. Feeling family all around us."