EMU Program – About the Artwork

“Coming Together”

The Indigenous artwork represents the young apprentices who are portrayed as the emu chicks as they grow and learn together and developing into skilled tradespeople. 

The symbols either side represent their families and the shows them travelling to and from home to CEG (meeting place) in the centre. On their life journeys and developing into an adult male/female tradespeople. This is portrayed as the adult Emu shown centre. 

The acrylic painting is aesthetically pleasing and represents our Youth with its use of a bright vivid array of colours being represented some of which are turquoise, orange, medium yellow, yellow ochre, crimson red and of course the use of conventional colours lamp black, titanium white, light grey, burnt sienna, brown and olive green.  

Design and artist

About the Artist

Tasha-Marie is a yamatji/wadjarri artist who has lived locally in Whyalla on and off for many years now. She draws on her inspiration for art from the love of family, music, nature and learning about her culture. 

Tasha-Marie likes to paint both traditional artwork as well as portraits, animals and landscape. Still pretty new to the art scene, she started to create art  to help deal with her grief of losing both her father and mother 8 months apart in 2021. 

Accomplishments 

  • Whyalla NAIDOC art exhibition artist 2024
  • Whyalla Cuttlefest art prize artist 2024
  • West Torrens art prize finalist 2023

Follow Tasha-Marie on Instagram: @CreativeartbyTash