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Mick Quilliam Fire Sticks 2011
Natural ochre & pigment on canvas 1830 x 610mm SOLD
This Painting represents the traditional fire stick farming. After the burn, the grasstree flowers flourish. When they die and dry
out, they are used to light the fires for the next season. Recent land management fires on the East Coast have promoted the
flowering of hundreds of grasstree flower spikes. The seeds from these flower spikes then fall to the ground and the next
generation of grasstree can flourish.