Wilkinkarra
2007
Islands in Wilkinkarra (Lake MacKay) are a favorite place where the artist recalls growing up. Her father and sisters would camp on the islands in the lake and then walk off to hunt in surrounding areas with many eucalyptus trees. In this painting, sharp pinks and oranges are held in check by black outlines that float around swaths of turquoise blue. Some of the smaller elliptical shapes are sleeping holes that the family would scoop out of the ground to create shelter from the cold winter winds.
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
78 3/4 x 120 1/16 in. (200 x 305 cm)
Gift of Margaret Levi and Robert Kaplan
2016.25
Provenance: [Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, Australia]; Margaret Levi and Robert Kaplan, Seattle, Washington, 2009
Photo: iocolor, Seattle