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LISA UHL (dec)
Turtujarti (Walnut Trees)
259/15 (2015)
Atelier Acrylic Paint on 14oz Canvas
152.5 x 152.5cm | 60.04 x 60.04in
Mangkaja Artists
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Lisa is a young woman living in Fitzroy Crossing in the West Kimberley area of Western Australia. Her language group is Wangkajungka and she has lived all of her life in Fitzroy Crossing.
With mesmerising effect, Lisa illustrates her love of country through her rhythmic, abstracted paintings, recalling the stories she has been told by her elders, more specifically by her mother Mrs. Snell. Mrs. Snell has raised Lisa since she was an infant, ever since Lisa’s biological mother, and Mrs. Snell’s sister, passed away.
Not uncommonly for people of her generation, Lisa has never been to the country she has inherited from her ancestors. Her works then, are a tapestry of anecdotally-acquired knowledge, and an empirical experience referencing the humidity and expanse of the Kimberley.
Lisa is a young woman living in Fitzroy Crossing in the West Kimberley area of Western Australia. Her language group is Wangkajungka and she has lived all of her life in Fitzroy Crossing.
With mesmerising effect, Lisa illustrates her love of country through her rhythmic, abstracted paintings, recalling the stories she has been told by her elders, more specifically by her mother Mrs. Snell. Mrs. Snell has raised Lisa since she was an infant, ever since Lisa’s biological mother, and Mrs. Snell’s sister, passed away.
Not uncommonly for people of her generation, Lisa has never been to the country she has inherited from her ancestors. Her works then, are a tapestry of anecdotally-acquired knowledge, and an empirical experience referencing the humidity and expanse of the Kimberley.
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