LLOYD KWILLA - KULYAYI WATERHOLE

LLOYD KWILLA
KULYAYI WATERHOLE,  2008
100 x 80 cm
natural earth pigments on canvas
 
PROVENANCE
Red Rock Art Gallery, WA Cat No. KP2587
Menzies Estate Collection, Vic
Private Collection, NSW
Cooee Art Leven, NSW
Accompanied by the certificate of authenticity from Red Rock Art Gallery
 
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.