Kittey Malarvie
Luga, 2016
Natural ochre on paper
57cm x 76cm
Kittey Malarvie Brockman gold mine, near Halls Creek, Western Australia, b. 1939
Luga, 2016
Natural ochre on paper
77cm x 58cm
Senior Waringarri artist, Kittey Malarvie's traditional country is the remarkable desert landscape around Sturt Creek. Layers of circles, motifs, dotting and intersecting lines map the country along the river banks...
Senior Waringarri artist, Kittey Malarvie's traditional country is the remarkable desert landscape around Sturt Creek. Layers of circles, motifs, dotting and intersecting lines map the country along the river banks and interpret the transition of the seasons across a land that is flooded and dry by turns, leaving behind the patterned ground of "luga" cracked mud.
Kittey reveals layers of meaning and memories of a childhood playing with her sisters in these rich ochre paintings that connect to her traditional desert country south west of Kununurra and north of the Great Sandy Desert.
Kittey reveals layers of meaning and memories of a childhood playing with her sisters in these rich ochre paintings that connect to her traditional desert country south west of Kununurra and north of the Great Sandy Desert.
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