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Highly Commended - North West Flora and Fauna
Judge’s comments:
This is a finely calibrated work that synthesises the complex layering of colour so often found in the northwest in the shifting, ethereal light of morning.
ARTWORK ID: 2038
CATEGORY: North West Flora and Fauna
ARTIST STATEMENT:
The early morning mist over the water is the smoke from the breakfast fires of the Marrga, the creation spirits. According to Yindjibarndi law, in the beginning the sky was very low. When the creation spirits, Marrga, arose from the ground they raised the sky and the world out of the ocean. This creation story is called Ngurru Nyujunnggama, 'When the World was Soft'. The Marrga gave names and form to the country and then to all the birds and animals. Finally they created the Ngaardangarli, the Aboriginal people.
MEDIUM: Acrylic on Canvas
ARTWORK DIMENSIONS (width x height): 885mm x 605mm
WEIGHT (approx): 1kg
ARTIST LOCATION: ROEBOURNE, WA
Highly Commended - North West Flora and Fauna
Judge’s comments:
This is a finely calibrated work that synthesises the complex layering of colour so often found in the northwest in the shifting, ethereal light of morning.
ARTWORK ID: 2038
CATEGORY: North West Flora and Fauna
ARTIST STATEMENT:
The early morning mist over the water is the smoke from the breakfast fires of the Marrga, the creation spirits. According to Yindjibarndi law, in the beginning the sky was very low. When the creation spirits, Marrga, arose from the ground they raised the sky and the world out of the ocean. This creation story is called Ngurru Nyujunnggama, 'When the World was Soft'. The Marrga gave names and form to the country and then to all the birds and animals. Finally they created the Ngaardangarli, the Aboriginal people.
MEDIUM: Acrylic on Canvas
ARTWORK DIMENSIONS (width x height): 885mm x 605mm
WEIGHT (approx): 1kg
ARTIST LOCATION: ROEBOURNE, WA