{"product_id":"tea-towel-olive-joseph-spinifex-hill-aachwa-make-it-real","title":"Olive Joseph: Pilbara Times Tea Towel","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW83082050 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW83082050 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW83082050 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW83082050 BCX8\"\u003eTea Towel Artwork Story: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW83082050 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW83082050 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW83082050 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW83082050 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW83082050 BCX8\"\u003eThis painting is about when the salmon \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW83082050 BCX8\"\u003erunning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW83082050 BCX8\"\u003e, when the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW83082050 BCX8\"\u003ecold weather\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW83082050 BCX8\"\u003e comes and we go \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW83082050 BCX8\"\u003ethe our\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW83082050 BCX8\"\u003e fishing spot \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW83082050 BCX8\"\u003etoo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW83082050 BCX8\"\u003e catch them. I Love my country the spinifex and the red and orange sand. Digging for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW83082050 BCX8\"\u003ethe honey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW83082050 BCX8\"\u003e ants in the desert.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW83082050 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003eOlive Joseph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003eArtist Bio: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003eMy name is Olive Joseph. I was born in Geraldton in 1967. My mother is a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003eNoongar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e\/Yamatji \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003ewoman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e and my father is a Martu\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003eWongi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e man. My stepfather was Croatian. I speak a little bit of Martu Wangka\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e, when\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e the old people speak \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003eit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e I can understand them. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003eI came to Port Hedland with my \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003eMother\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e when I was one, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003eI've\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e lived here ever since. I have a strong connection to this place and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003ethe Pilbara\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e. I love the people here. I love being able to go fishing here, camping\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e, hunting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e. My Grandmother on my Mum's side used to do bark painting; my other Grandmother on my \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003eDad's\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e side carved emu eggs. My Father did this all his life. I first started painting when I went to Broome for a holiday with my 3 eldest children. I had no \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003efare\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e to get home, so my uncle gave me a canvas. I asked \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003ehim\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e 'what's this for?' and he told me to paint something to sell so that I could go home. I continue to paint today because I love it, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003eit's\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e a big part of who I am, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003eit's\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e in my heart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW109483651 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Western Australian Museum Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51283431719079,"sku":"TT-SH-MIR-040","price":39.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0505\/6521\/8471\/files\/Olive_Joseph_Pilbara_Times_Tea_Towel_-_AACHWA_-_TT-SH-MIR-040.jpg?v=1790219184","url":"https:\/\/store.museum.wa.gov.au\/products\/tea-towel-olive-joseph-spinifex-hill-aachwa-make-it-real","provider":"Western Australian Museum Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}