Chern’ee Sutton

Ngaimai (to chase or hunt)

The kangaroo represents the AFL’s movement forwards towards equality for all people. The large community symbol represents the AFL field and the travelling lines represent the players journey to the field to do battle with each other. The emu and kangaroo footprint represent the GO Foundation moving forwards to help Indigenous youth reach their goals. The 3D glasses give the ball another dimension.

Chern’ee Sutton is a Kalkadoon woman from the emu foot province around Queensland’s Mount Isa area. Her totem is “Utinat” the “emu”. Chern’ee started working as a professional artist at 13. She has gained success both nationally and internationally and has been an Australia Day Ambassador for the past 5 years. She has won an abundance of awards including a National NAIDOC Award and Queensland Pride of Australia Award. Her unique style combines two worlds of traditional Aboriginal heritage with a modern contemporary twist. Prince Charles commissioned Chern’ee to create a painting for his personal collection after stamping his fingerprints on Chern’ee’s mural that she created for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.