First Nations artist Leanne Zilm is raising money for Wilderness Society – and now you can too
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Environment Award for Children’s Literature, the Wilderness Society has partnered with The Wheeler Centre in Melbourne to host an exhibition of select illustrations from books shortlisted for the award over the past three decades – including works by much-loved author-illustrators Alison Lester, Sami Bayly, Oliver Jeffers, Renee Treml and our very own Leanne Zilm!
As part of the Wilderness Society’s Nature Book Week, the artworks will be on display from 3–30 October across three locations: The Wheeler Centre, The Moat, and Readings at State Library Victoria.
Leanne Zilm has donated a print from Nedingar: Ancestors to be auctioned off to raise vital funds for the Wilderness Society’s work to protect nature. Check out all of the beautiful prints and bid on your favourites! wilderness.org.au/exhibition
In Nedingar: Ancestors, a young child wants to meet their Ancestors. Their mother gently explains that they have already met their Ancestors — yesterday, today and tomorrow — and that they are everywhere in Country, walking close behind them.
Leanne Zilm, a descendant of the Wudjari and Goreng Noongar tribal groups, was born in 1962 in Katanning, Western Australia and currently lives in Rockingham. Leanne started her craft in 2016 when her mother, who was a landscape artist, encouraged her to take up painting. Leanne works with acrylics, and the backgrounds for her paintings are created using an acrylic pour technique. Her art is inspired by the natural environment – the ocean, sunrises, sunsets, and the native flora and fauna that abounds in the Fitzgerald River National Park and Bremer Bay region in the South West of Western Australia.
