Lorna Dawson

“My name is Lorna Faith Dawson.

My Mum is a full blood aboriginal. My Mum’s Father was a Nyamal Lore man. My Mum’s Mother was Nyiyparli woman. My Dad was a white man that was born in Jardee of W.A. I have 14 siblings. some have past away,

I was raised in Perth and came back up to Hedland (where I was born), when I was a teenager. I have been in Hedland pretty much since then. Moved away and travelled around a bit but always came back to Hedland. I am sister to 14 siblings. I am a Mother to 4 wonderful children. I started volunteering in the studio in 2018 then became an arts worker. I am now the Lead Studio Assistant here.

For me I started painting as a personal journey. I picked up a skewer (used for painting dots). It helped me get through some real bad days. I just paint with dots. “I dabble in dots.” I like to say. Sometimes I paint animals, sometimes I paint Country, sometimes I paint things on Country.”