Milkwater
Kittey Ngyalgarri MALARVIE: artist
Senior artist, Kittey Malarvie’s traditional Country is the desert landscape around Sturt Creek, south west of Kununurra and north of the Great Sandy Desert. Layers of intersecting lines map the country along the river banks and interpret the transition of the seasons across a remarkable place of black soil and water the colour of milk. In Malarvie’s painting she depicts a meditation on the multifaceted play of wind and light on water. The stormy crescendo of wind lashes at the water's surface with abandonment.
Title
Milkwater
Artist/Maker and role
Kittey Ngyalgarri MALARVIE: artist
Date
2014
Medium
natural pigment on canvas
Measurements
100.0 x 140.0 cm
Credit line
Purchased through The Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation: COVID-19 Arts Stimulus Package, 2020
The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Accession number
2020/0407