Metropolitan Districts:
Artists:
1. Bradley Kickett- Noongar
2. Justin Martin- Noongar/Yamatji
3. Peter Farmer Jnr.- Noongar
Artwork 1 story:
Meeandip Derbarlmarra is an aerial view painting of Point Peron and Garden Island. Point
Peron is on Noongar country at the southern end of the Cockburn sound. Derbarlmarra is
the name given to the shallow sea that goes from Fremantle to Rottnest Island and down to
Point Peron. As the sea is shallow here, the water has a green and blue colour to it and in
parts you can see the sandbanks. This is depicted in the painting, as well as the lower part
of the Cockburn Sound that is full of seagrass. These features in conjunction with the rocky
coastline are represented by the fantastic colours and textures depicted in the artwork.
Artist Biography
Bradley Kickett is a local Noongar artist. He was born in Northam and grew up in Perth. He
descended from the Kickett clan in York, Western Australia. He began painting in 2007.
Bradley’s style of art is abstract with paintings depicted from an aerial view and illustrated in
a fluid style that he has developed over the last three years. Bradley’s art pieces are
influenced by experiencing Noongar country, from the oceans to the rivers and seeing the
wildflowers and the land from the air and showing the flow and the shapes of the earth.
These images are all interwoven with the history and the stories that are shared and passed
down to him from his family and elders.
Artwork 2 story
Starting in the four corners heading inward shows four brothers (close friends) varying in
age who travel down their separate song lines or paths each day to hunt & gather. The
size of their paths indicates how many times they have travelled there.
The blue colour symbols where the river meets the ocean each day.
With sea coral in different parts the brothers hunt bream, mullet & turtle for their families.
The area is a fertile ecosystem giving & taking life. The circle in the centre represents
Noongar country a place where native frogs, turtles, snakes and birds breed their next
generation & creating a circle of life
Artist Biography
Justin Martin is an Aboriginal artist from Perth Western Australia (Wadjuk country). Justin is 34 years old a
with four beautiful children. He comes from a large family with two brothers and three sisters. Justin’s fathe
Martin a Yamatji man from the mid-west Western Australia and his mother is Cheryl Martin nee Walley a N
from the southwest of Western Australia. Justin belongs to a strong group of tribes called the Widi, Budimia
people. Justin has been painting for eight years, using oil based paint and stretched canvases. His Dot pain
passed down from generation to generation.
Artwork 3 story
The Kulbardi or Magpie is a resilient Totem that has extraordinary qualities. If he is your
totem it means that you are a protector of the young; at all costs.
Many see Kulbardi as loud or aggressive. But in actual fact they are confident and assertive.
He’s had the ability over the centuries to be able to adapt in any environment. And in
contemporary times has found corridors of habitats in and around the cities built up areas.
This painting has the Kulbardi at the centre. In Flight – always moving – always changing –
never sitting still. The lines are the many pathways and highways he’s travelled to get where
he wants to go.
Artist Biography
Peter Farmer Jnr is the first Minang Man in his family to not be born in Minang country
(Albany or Gnowangerup). His mother being Ballardong and his father Minang, he claims
connections through his paternal Grandmother’s country “Wadjuk”, through birth.
Peter graduated year 12 in 2014 and after graduation, was invited to train pre -season with
famed TAC Cup Club “The Geelong Falcons”. Geelong was a community that welcomed
another Farmer into the football frame and he also began his academic journey at Deakin
University enrolling in a Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts. After not making the final squad and
the loss of his paternal grandfather the return to Perth soon after was a difficult one.
Peter’s father Peter Farmer Snr encouraged him to apply for Public Artworks Commissions
and the first awarded to him was in 2015 – Royal Perth Hospital – “Cafeteria Floor”. In 2016
both Peter Jnr and Kylie Graham were awarded “Moorn Barndi” with the City of Belmont’s
new Lookout Park. And in early 2017 the City of Cockburn awarded Peter “The New Aquatic
Centre” – Aboriginal Sculpture welcoming visitors to the state of the art facility and space.
Peter has been fortunate to have shown in a myriad of selected group Exhibition in 2014,
2015 and 2016. And was the only Aboriginal Artist to be showcased and exhibited at “Fringe
World” All Ages2017.In 2016 his father launched a range of textiles with Noongar designs as
well as high end couture fashions, with shows in Armadale – “Spring into Armadale” and
Malaysia Fashion Week – “Alto Moda” Showcase, Starhill Gallery KL. Peter III Modelled in
all shows and now has an international modelling portfolio, gaining him invitations to model
at London Fashion Week’s shows.
In 2017 Peter Jnr returned to full-time study and football, with a pre-season at East
Fremantle Football Club. To gain fitness and continue with his love of this country’s national
sport; and continue with his educational journey to gain a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Art.