Bonnita Gilard (aka Mamacita Bonnita) paints from a place of deeper knowing and communications with the source. It is here that viewers are drawn into her raw compositions, opulent colour palettes, organic shapes and metamorphosing visions of past, present and future quests, taking form in painting, sculpture and Jewellery design.
The artists signature style of integrating her ancient soul wisdom into the work that she creates, is seen within the extraterrestrial looking figures contained within bubbles of cosmic dust. It is the maturing of her clairvoyant vision that assists her constantly evolving process, that continues to expand with each new series of work and sometimes beyond her own awareness.
She draws her inspirations from the animal and plant relatives, ancestral knowledge, metamorphosis, collective consciousness, astral realms, human behavior, shamanism, ancient history, music, shadows, plant medicine, metaphysics and the greater cosmology of this universe and beyond. It is these themes which manifests imagery with the hypothesis forming between the artist and the viewer.
Also known for Djing, Bonnita is famous for seducing the dance floor with her tropical audio coconuts. Inspired by the technicolour vibrations of global golden era sounds from Africa, Latin American and Jamaica. Combined with a healthy dose of spiced up modern bass lines of contemporary Europe and American music culture. This is where you will see her weave this love of eclectic exotic sounds into the dance making her one of Melbourne's favourites.