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Carol's first public exhibition was held at Gecko Gallery, Short St, Broome in December last year. In her introduction to that exhibition she wrote:
This is my first public exhibition. My artwork is an expression of how I view the world. I use the medium of painting as a means of dealing with the lonely places I have been in the last four years. It is also a means of dealing with the stress of my job.
Finishing work at ten o'clock most nights, even though I'm physically exhausted, my mind remains full of ideas and energy - I need to relax. Whether I'm at home, in a hotel room or in my flat, I paint to relax and restore myself for the next day. When I travel, I always carry a canvass and my paints and brushes so I can paint before I retire each day. I can spend a couple of hours relaxing with my thoughts and expressing not only who I am, but how I see the things around me.
Carol Martin MLA
In the notes for the catalogue for the exhibition Patrick Dodson wrote the following:
Carol Martin
By Patrick Dodson
Carol was born in Subiaco, Western Australia in 1957. The daughter of Rosemary and Bernard Pilkington, Carol has six siblings and ten fostered and adopted siblings. Needless to say, as an Aboriginal woman, Carol has a huge extended family - I know she sees this as her greatest strength. Carol married Brian Martin in Derby in 1984, they have two children and two grandchildren.
Carol's role model is her father, he taught each of his children something special, for Carol her father taught her how to fix the old Holden, to paint in his people's style, to sing and to hunt. As you can imagine her father believed in her and wanted her to be a strong independent woman, Carol believes he would be very proud of her.
As one of so many children, Carol was loved and cherished by her family, a family which she was removed from when she was but twelve years of age. Removal had a profound impact on her. Albeit a painful and lonely time in her life, it was a period that required her to develop the constructive skills necessary to deal
with her extraction and isolation.
There are many stories to tell leading up to 1992 when Carol completed her Degree, in Social Work. As a mature aged student, and mother of two young children, she was the first in her family to complete a University Degree. I know Carol reflects on her time at Curtin University as challenging yet comprehensively rewarding.
Carol returned to Derby with her family, it was around this time when she began to paint as a means of expressing herself and the concepts she had experienced.
Some of Carol's artwork is owned by Curtin University, the retired Governor General, Sir William Dean, and many of her friends.
In her first Term in Government, Carol has used her artwork as a means of dealing with stress and as a relaxation tool, in what has amounted to one of the biggest learning curves in her life.
In 2001 as the result of the General Election in Western Australia, Carol Martin was elected to the seat of Kimberley, as the first Indigenous Woman elected to an Australian Parliament. In her Inaugural Speech Carol said " I am humbled that my community found me worthy to represent them", and she has never ceased to be humbled by the privilege of representing the people of the Kimberley.
Patrick Dodson
Lead Organisation/Agency
Carol Martin, MLA
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