Cellular Level Clea (Mithika/Gunggari) 2024 Watercolour Ground, Watercolour Paint, Gold & Copper Leaf on Canvas Framed | 125cm x 45cm
Cellular Level
Clea (Mithika/Gunggari)
2024
Watercolour Ground, Watercolour Paint, Gold & Copper Leaf on Canvas
Framed | 125cm x 45cm
A$3,500
At the core of life, culture, and resistance lies the cell.
In Cellular Level, Mithika and Gunggari artist Clea explores the growth rings of a freshwater mussel under the microscope—each layer echoing the deep time held within ancient middens. These cellular structures mirror the foundations of First Nations culture, where individual strength and collective memory regenerate despite colonisation.
Using watercolour, gold, and copper leaf, Clea honours the knowledge embedded in Country—particularly her Channel Country homelands—where rich red earth and flowing waters shape all life. Her work speaks to the preservation of culture through First Peoples’ value systems, contrasting settler-colonial views with layered, living truths.
Now based on Gubbi Gubbi Country, Clea brings a lifetime of teaching and cultural knowledge into her art.
“I’ve always created for my own healing. Now I’m ready to share that with others—this is how I continue to educate, through our stories, through art.”
Cellular Level is a striking work that threads scientific insight with cultural depth—a quiet yet powerful act of remembrance and continuation.
Cellular Level
Clea (Mithika/Gunggari)
2024
Watercolour Ground, Watercolour Paint, Gold & Copper Leaf on Canvas
Framed | 125cm x 45cm
A$3,500
At the core of life, culture, and resistance lies the cell.
In Cellular Level, Mithika and Gunggari artist Clea explores the growth rings of a freshwater mussel under the microscope—each layer echoing the deep time held within ancient middens. These cellular structures mirror the foundations of First Nations culture, where individual strength and collective memory regenerate despite colonisation.
Using watercolour, gold, and copper leaf, Clea honours the knowledge embedded in Country—particularly her Channel Country homelands—where rich red earth and flowing waters shape all life. Her work speaks to the preservation of culture through First Peoples’ value systems, contrasting settler-colonial views with layered, living truths.
Now based on Gubbi Gubbi Country, Clea brings a lifetime of teaching and cultural knowledge into her art.
“I’ve always created for my own healing. Now I’m ready to share that with others—this is how I continue to educate, through our stories, through art.”
Cellular Level is a striking work that threads scientific insight with cultural depth—a quiet yet powerful act of remembrance and continuation.
Cellular Level
Clea (Mithika/Gunggari)
2024
Watercolour Ground, Watercolour Paint, Gold & Copper Leaf on Canvas
Framed | 125cm x 45cm
A$3,500
At the core of life, culture, and resistance lies the cell.
In Cellular Level, Mithika and Gunggari artist Clea explores the growth rings of a freshwater mussel under the microscope—each layer echoing the deep time held within ancient middens. These cellular structures mirror the foundations of First Nations culture, where individual strength and collective memory regenerate despite colonisation.
Using watercolour, gold, and copper leaf, Clea honours the knowledge embedded in Country—particularly her Channel Country homelands—where rich red earth and flowing waters shape all life. Her work speaks to the preservation of culture through First Peoples’ value systems, contrasting settler-colonial views with layered, living truths.
Now based on Gubbi Gubbi Country, Clea brings a lifetime of teaching and cultural knowledge into her art.
“I’ve always created for my own healing. Now I’m ready to share that with others—this is how I continue to educate, through our stories, through art.”
Cellular Level is a striking work that threads scientific insight with cultural depth—a quiet yet powerful act of remembrance and continuation.
