Maimie Giles Australian, Pitjantjatjara / Ngaanyatjarra, b. 2001

Hello, my name is Maimie Giles and I'm from Tjukurla. But I am really from Tjukurla. I was born at Tjukurla clinic in 2001. I started to paint when I was at school in Perth. I was watching my mum and my aunties paint at Tjukurla. Sometimes I paint landscape as I see it. I like working at the art centre and helping all the ladies - helping them to mix all the colours. Sometimes I use a technique that makes patterns within the landscape.

Being a young artist makes you feel proud; I am so proud to show everyone my art works and it makes me so happy when I see my paintings. The stories of my paintings are about my country, my father's country. I paint the country at different times of the day; mostly at sunset when the colours are strong and change from blue to purple, pink and red. I like painting just like my grandmother. She used to paint when she was young.