Collector Spotlight – 2017

A Collection of Contemporary Australian Art

Collector Spotlight – 2017

A Collection of Contemporary Australian Art

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by SONIA KURARRA of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Martuwarra. [2/13] (Atelier Artist Acrylic on 14oz Canvas) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by SONIA KURARRA of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Martuwarra. [2/13] (Atelier Artist Acrylic on 14oz Canvas)
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SONIA KURARRA

Martuwarra
2/13
Atelier Artist Acrylic on 14oz Canvas
 Martuwarra | 2/13
Atelier Artist Acrylic on 14oz Canv…
 180 x 120cm | 70.9 x 47.2in
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Martuwarra is Sonia Kurarra’s river country. This painting is all about the Fitzroy River which flows down through Noonkanbah where Sonia live. All kinds of fish live in the water, where you can catch big mob of fishs. Sonia especially likes Parlka (barrumundi). You can catch catfish and brim in the river too. Nganku (shark), Wirritunany (swordfish) and stingray also live in the waters. These fish live in these waters long after the flood has gone.

This painting is also about parlka (barrumundi) swimming on the surface of the water. You can see the wakiri (pandanus tree) and rocks all around. The rock holes hold all the parlka that live in the river. Kalputu (serpent-type creator being) also live in these rock holes and swim all around the palma (creeks) and wakiri that grow in the river.

Martuwarra is Sonia Kurarra’s river country. This painting is all about the Fitzroy River which flows down through Noonkanbah where Sonia live. All kinds of fish live in the water, where you can catch big mob of fishs. Sonia especially likes Parlka (barrumundi). You can catch catfish and brim in the river too. Nganku (shark), Wirritunany (swordfish) and stingray also live in the waters. These fish live in these waters long after the flood has gone.

This painting is also about...