Peter J (Yilba People) began painting in 2015. ‘I do my background first then whatever comes to mind,’ he says. ‘My paintings are usually about my family and my own personal journeys’.
His Heritage Countries are North Queensland, Palm Island, and Charters Towers in Townsville and painting ‘keeps me in touch with my Culture, Ancestors and family,’ he states. Embracing a distinctive ‘veiny’ and lightening-bolt’ effect in his work, painting makes Peter ‘feel extremely relaxed’. ‘I never thought that I could paint the way I do’ he states. ‘I am currently teaching my children how to paint. I love my Culture and I love my People’.