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Anthea Barry (she/her), Wathaurong, Gunai Kurni
The Spirit Of The Eucalyptus, 2025
clay, synthetic polymer paint
60.5 x 121.5 x 3.5 cm

This artwork carries the spirit of the eucalyptus. Grey speaks of the smoking ceremony, where leaves are burnt to cleanse, welcome, and carry away what no longer serves us while protecting and healing us.

Pale green holds the spirit of medicine generating a quiet strength and resilience to ease the pain that has been endured across the generations. The soft pink of the stem’s threads life between leaf and root, binding past and present in a continual connection to Country and remembering those who endured so much for us to belong. Burgundy tells of budding new growth, the gift of survival carried forward into the future, and just like Bunjil, clay runs through the work like a continual heartbeat of spirituality, grounding it to the earth and the Dreaming.

Where once a scar tree bore its mark, there is a choice: to remain within the wound of the scar, or to see the strength and growth of this magnificent tree. The Spirit of the Eucalyptus - resilience, renewal, and belonging.