GENEVIEVE KEMARR LOY - AKWERLKERRMWERLKERR - BUSH TURKEY TRACKS
GENEVIEVE KEMARR LOY
AKWERLKERRMWERLKERR - BUSH TURKEY TRACKS, 2020
150 x 121.5 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Belgian Linen
PROVENANCE
Utopia, NT
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, VicRavenswood Australian Women's Art Prize, NSWCooee Art, NSW
STORY
This painting depicts Bush Turkey Dreaming. This story or dreaming was passed onto Genevieve from her father Cowboy Loy Pwerle. It shows the Bush Turkey making tracks as it searches for seeds to eat and looking for the water hole so that it can drink. This country is known as Antwengerrp which is to the west of the Sandover River on Utopia Station in Central Australia.
EXHIBITED
Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize 2020 Finalist