Sonya Maher

Solo exhibition

I just want to tell my story.

Let people know this work is about

everything that goes on in life.

These paintings are about the many 

different things that can happen to people. 

My life has been a struggle ever since I was a young person, afflicted by barriers and hardship, the only way to endure was through the support of good people.

Today I see young people suffering. 

My story can act as an example 

that you can survive and escape from hardship.

This work is part of healing, it is evidence of my and my childrens struggles, and an acknowledgement that we are not an isolated circumstance. Other people, and their families, experience deep tragedy and hardship.

List of Works (L-R)

Dance of the land, Charcoal + Pastels, 31 x 27.5cm

Creating dance through relationships, Charcoal + Pastels, 31 x 29cm

Muttonbird dance, Charcoal + Pastels, 28 x 33cm

Imagination image of Cape Baron School, Charcoal + Pastels, 41 x 29.5cm

Weeping Cliffs, Charcoal + Pastels, 24.5 x 29cm

Unknown deceased (lost identity, Ben Lomond River), Charcoal + Pastels, 38 x 47.5cm

Past history, the Armour, Charcoal + Pastels, 28.5 x 41.5cm

Memories, Charcoal + Pastels, 42 x 30cm

Family nurturing Kangaroos, Charcoal + Pastels, 29 x 41cm

Lost in drought, Charcoal + Pastels, 37.5 x 22cm

So close but so far away, Charcoal + Pastels, 25 x 29.5cm

Forgotten past, Charcoal + Pastels, 30m x 21cm