LLOYD KWILLA - BUSHFIRE SERIES - KULYAYI

LLOYD KWILLA
BUSHFIRE SERIES - KULYAYI,  2010
100 x 80 cm
natural earth pigments on canvas
 
REGION
Kimberley, WA
 
PROVENANCE
Red Rock Art Gallery, N.T
Cooee Art Leven, NSW 
 
STORY
The artist has spent most of his life in his traditional country on the Northern fringes of the Great Sandy Desert Northern Western Australia. His father Billy Thomas (Karnta Karnta) has taught him a great deal about the  land and its features. This painting shows a small waterhole close to the canning stock route called 'Kulyayi' all around are Sandhills 'Tali' that are ablaze with wildfire.
 
 
ARTIST PROFILE
LLOYD KWILLA