I am a proud descendant of the Thunghutti people of Walcha, NSW.  I also have blood connections to the Gomeroi people, through my grandmother.  I was born and raised on my father’s country, and my father was born and raised on his father’s/my grandfather’s country before me. 

From a young age, I have always been interested in anything to do with artwork, particularly Aboriginal artwork.  My father would often talk to me about it.  He would often call out to me to come look when he saw anything to do with Aboriginal art on TV, or whilst reading his newspaper, and anytime that he saw something that remotely resembled Aboriginal artwork.  He would also talk to me about his people; the Thunghutti tribe. He described our country, our waterways and the artefacts made by the Thunghutti people; from shields to spears, to boomerangs and axes, and so on.  I can hardly remember a time that I wasn’t involved in Aboriginal art and my culture in some way.