The Painted River Project is an art, science and cultural initiative that creates space for diverse community members to share knowledge and build understanding of how we live with the natural world. It aims to nurture transformative thinking and collective action around one of Australia’s most contested topics – water.
A planetary health initiative devised by Dr Leo Robba from Western Sydney University School of Humanities and Communication Arts and Professor Tony Capon from Monash University in partnership with Associate Professor Ian Wright from Western Sydney University School of Science.
During 2023, in collaboration with Bank Art Museum Moree (BAMM) the PRP was held in Moree. Participating artists (including Peta) visited Euraba Paper Making Company at Boggabilla, meeting the Gomeroi women who make contemporary art and rag paper from excess cotton cloth. A Weeping Myall (Acacia pendula) growing outside the Euraba building captured Peta’s attention and became the subject of her art. Another day was spent at Keytah Cotton Farm, a very different landscape for the artists to draw and paint. Peta’s interest in botany led her to focus on the components of the cotton plant, later leading to the “High Yield” suite of scrolls.
Peta Hinton 