ROSELLA NAMOK - STINGING RAIN... WET ROCKY POINT
ROSELLA NAMOK
STINGING RAIN... WET ROCKY POINT, 2013
120 x 240 cm
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
PROVENANCE
Lockhart River, QLD
Direct from the Artist, QLDCoo-ee Aboriginal Art, NSW
STORY
ā€�In the Wet Season when you are in the boatā€¦you will see that rain fall down especially when you are cruising ā€¦ you feel that sting on your face it gets very very cold.ā€¯ Rosella NamokIn this series of Stinging Rain, Rosella Namok uses various implements to scrape the painted surface. Stinging Rain - is part of a glowing work painted and this work is in a soft palette. In this work, rhythmic parallel lines paced obliquely to the vertical direction, take the moody narrative forward, their razorsharp gashes to the painted surface, created by a fine edged scraping tool. This work relates to fishing from a boat on the river during a downpour. ā€�Itā€™s always good when it starts to rain ā€¦ it stings your face and stirs up the fish underneath.ā€™
EXHIBITED
June 2013, Yangkuyi... Wet Season, Rosella Namok Solo Show, Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSWSummer of Love | Cooee Art Bondi, December 2018, Cooee Art Gallery Bondi
