Amanda Westley is a Ngarrindjeri woman and artist, born in Victor Harbor, South Australia in 1985. Her totems are the whale, pelican and black swan. Growing up she experienced the best of both worlds living the farm life 12kms out of the coastal country town of Victor Harbor. Her father was a boat builder so the water and the ocean have always been a big part of her life. Amanda’s painting style is dot work and the bright colours from my coastal country hometown and the ocean are represented through her paintings. She has been painting from a very young age and her style is contemporary Aboriginal dot art, having always enjoyed painting and the calm that it brought. Her paintings represent country; for Aboriginal people land has a spiritual and cultural connection and is so important to identity and way of life. With her painting she has used a c ...