‘Tudn teaches us about ability, we often underestimate our abilities. Explore your abilities and you will surprise yourself.’

Aunty Bea, “Nambooka” Edwards is an established artist with a deep cultural connection stemming from her Gunai Kurnai ancestry on her father’s side and Tasmanian Aboriginal descent on her mother’s side. Incredibly talented, yet humble, Aunty Bea paints each acrylic and watercolour piece with intricate detail, exploring Australian wildlife layered in their environment.  

Aunty Bea is drawn to the beauty of the natural environment taking inspiration from wildlife for her arts practice.  This has been the constant in her life, since she was a child, the natural world and all that it must teach us. As family connections and cultural practices have been lost over the years, Aunty Bea sets out to remember the stories that her ancestors passed down, bringing them alive again through her artwork and sharing them generously with the world. 

*This painting is on unstretched canvas. Please contact the gallery directly to enquire about stretching of this work