GENEVIEVE KEMARR LOY - BUSH TURKEY DREAMING
GENEVIEVE KEMARR LOY
BUSH TURKEY DREAMING, 2017
122 x 90 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Belgian Linen
REGION
Utopia, NT
PROVENANCE
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, VIC
Cooee Art Leven, NSW, 2018
STORY
I am the granddaughter of Nancy Petyarr, and have painted my father Cowboy Pwerl's country and the story of Arwengerrp, the Bush Turkey, for which he is senior custodian. My paintings depict the tracks the bush turkey makes as it searches for seeds and makes its way to the water hole. On a more complex cultural level, the work is about women's ceremonies of the Anmatyerr people and are translation of the relationship between me and my country in Utopia, Central Australia. My paintings consist of meticulous dots and elegant wisps creating vibrating richly textured surfaces representing my own reimagining of the Dreaming Stories.
EXHIBITED
Redland Art Awards 2018
Perspective of Country, January 2019, Cooee Art Paddington
ARTIST PROFILE
