After I finished school, I worked on CDEP for the Mornington Island Council. My eldest daughter, Rebecca, I had when I was nineteen. I got married in 2002 to my husband Brett Evans. I now have two more kids, my son Kaya and daughter Dana. Raising kids is like full time work, they keep me running around all the time.

I grew up watching old Goobala, that's short for Dick Roughsey, We used to watch him paint a lot, me, my brothers and sisters. My father used to paint and taught me a little bit. In 2003 he passed away, so that's why I started in the art centre following on from my father and keeping my families stories going in my painting. I like painting, it is gives me peace. I've painted Balibal, the Spotted Stingray, Wurruku the Sharp Nose Brown Shark and Ngaalu the Sulphur Crested Cockatoo. I like to relax with painting, I enjoy the quiet time I get when I paint."

Emily Evans