DANIEL WALBIDI - KIRRIWIRRI

 DANIEL WALBIDI
KIRRIWIRRI,  2008
60.5 x 60.5 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Belgian Linen
 
PROVENANCE
Short Street Gallery, WAThe Jacquie McPhee Collection, WA 
 
STORY
Kirriwirri is my grandfatherā€™s and grandmotherā€™s country, where they brought up all their children including my father. It is like their family home, their roots. Our clan is also named Kirriwirri.Kirriwirri is a jila (living water) near Well 33 on the Canning Stock Route in the Great Sandy Desert. It is important to many other family and clan groups because it has water that never dries out even in the driest of seasons.My painting reflects the complex desert landscape full of life and colour. It depicts salt lakes (the white areas) and the talis (sand hills).I have never been to Kirriwirri but I have a deep desire to travel to this country and become connected to it.- Daniel Walbidi