DAVID BROWN - MANTATI
DAVID BROWN
MANTATI, 2024
76 x 76 cm
ochre and pigment on canvas
REGION
Kununurra, WA
PROVENANCE
Waringarri Arts, WA
Art Leven, NSW
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity from Waringarri Arts
STORY
Before it gets dark, in the afterrnoon cool my family collect bark from the desert oak and the Mulga Tree. Sometimes the tree bark is used for medicine or for painting materials.
"I was born in Perth but grew up in Mulan and went to school there before returning to Perth for boarding high school. My mother, Ivy Robertson, was an arst at the art centre in Balgo. Aer school I went west of Alice Springs to spend me with my Dad and his family at Kiwirrkurra community. I watched the old people paint there. "
David enjoyed living in Kiwirrkurra and learnt much from his grandfather about his Country, particularly from famous Papunya Tula artist Uta Uta Tjangala. As an adult, David painted occasionally for Papunya Tula when he visited Kiwirrkurra.
"I was a good drawer at school and have always work on improving my skills. I can do both styles, desert style and realism style."
EXHIBITED
David Brown | Ngurra Ngayunku (My home), Art Leven Sydney, July 5 - 26 2025
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