The Reverend Robyn Davis is a Wadi Wadi woman from the Balranald and Swan Hill area. She has been painting and drawing for as long as she can remember. “Painting is part of my life, my nature, my being and my spirit, it is inseparable from my Christian faith and Indigenous heritage.” Her paintings, which are often of a spiritual nature, tell the stories of life, relationships and culture, and are known internationally. “I have strong ties to the river and the bush. I love the red sand, the beautiful stunted forms of the mallee trees and the soft bluegrey of the saltbush. They are all part of my dreaming.” Her clan totem is the platypus and her personal totem is the sand goanna, so she is truly a woman of both land and water. Robyn is the Director of Walkabout Ministries and a Life Member of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Anglican Council. Robyn has a strong Christian faith (she was ordained in 2009) and she believes that God has given her this gift as he gives all of us gifts. You will find a small gold cross in each of Robyn’s paintings to acknowledge the true Creator. Artist profile 6
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