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Martuwarra
393/16 (2016)
Atelier Acrylic, 250gsm Velin Arches
76 x 56cm | 29.92 x 22.05in
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Martuwarra
288/15 (2015)
Atelier Acrylic Paint and Graphite on 250gsm Velin Arches
55 x 75cm | 21.65 x 29.53in
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Martuwarra
291/15 (2015)
Atelier Acrylic Paint and Graphite on 250gsm Velin Arches
55 x 75cm | 21.65 x 29.53in
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Makurru Pamarr
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Martuwarra
265/15
Ink on 250gsm Velin Arches
38 x 55.5cm | 14.96 x 21.85in
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Martuwarra
271/15
Charcoal on 250gsm Velin Arches
38 x 55.5cm | 14.96 x 21.85in
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Martuwarra
286/15
Charcoal on 250gsm Velin Arches
38 x 55.5cm | 14.96 x 21.85in
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Martuwarra
287/15
Charcoal on 250gsm Velin Arches
38 x 55.5cm | 14.96 x 21.85in
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Martuwarra
90/15-15/30
Silkscreen Print on 250gsm Paper
29.5 x 39cm | 11.61 x 15.35in
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Sonia Kurarra grew up in the river country at Yungngora (Noonkanbah), where she helped the kindergarten teacher with teaching art.
They would take the children out to the sandy billabong and teach them how to paint and dance.
There was a ngarrangkarni (Dreamtime) snake that lived in the billabong.
His name was Nangurra.
Sonia began painting at Mangkaja in the early 1990s, working mostly on paper.
As her career and confidence grew, she started to practice and develop her skills, moving into more ambitious and complex works on canvas.
Since 2008, Sonia had been working predominantly on canvas.
She had exhibited in numerous group shows and had an overwhelming response to her first solo shows in 2009.
Sonia painted the sandy billabong country along the stretch of the Fitzroy River that ran directly behind the community.
After the floodwaters receded, there were billabongs that held a plentiful supply of parlka (barramundi), kurlumajarti (catfish), and bream.
She painted gapi (fish), parrmarr (rocks) where the fish was cooked, ngurti (coolamon), and a karli (boomerang).
Sonia painted these images over and over as though they were etched into her psyche; works that were linear representations in monotones and others that were layers lathered on with wild and confident brush strokes.
These contemporary compositions displayed an outstanding understanding of colour.
.Sonia Kurarra grew up in the river country at Yungngora (Noonkanbah), where she helped the kindergarten teacher with teaching art.
They would take the children out to the sandy billabong and teach them how to paint and dance.
There was a ngarrangkarni (Dreamtime) snake that lived in the billabong.
His name was Nangurra.
Sonia began painting at Mangkaja in the early 1990s, working mostly on paper.
As her career and confidence grew, she started to practice and develop her skills, moving into more ambitious and complex works on canvas.
Since 2008, Sonia had been working predominantly on canvas.
She had exhibited in numerous group shows and had an overwhelming response to her first solo shows in 2009.
Sonia painted the sandy billabong country along the stretch of the Fitzroy River that ran directly behind the community.
After the floodwaters receded, there were billabongs that held a plentiful supply of parlka (barramundi), kurlumajarti (catfish), and bream.
She painted gapi (fish), parrmarr (rocks) where the fish was cooked, ngurti (coolamon), and a karli (boomerang).
Sonia painted these images over and over as though they were etched into her psyche; works that were linear representations in monotones and others that were layers lathered on with wild and confident brush strokes.
These contemporary compositions displayed an outstanding understanding of colour.
.
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