'Barramundi' by Annette Lormada, 100% Silk Satin Scarf - Represented by One of Twelve (m/oft007)

100% silk satin scarf, featuring work by Mangkaja artist Annette Lormada.

MATERIALS: 100% Silk Satin, double sided printing with hand rolled edges.

DIMENSIONS: 108 x 106 cm

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Mangkaja Arts is a thriving, Aboriginal-owned and governed art centre based in the township of Fitzroy Crossing in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Established in 1981, the art centre evolved from modest beginnings as an arm of Karrayili Adult Education Centre, a community initiative set up for local people who wanted to learn English. The art centre takes its name from the Walmajarri word ‘mangkaja’ – a  wet weather shelter traditionally made from spinifex erected by the Walmajarri people of the Great Sandy Desert prior to settler contact. Today, Mangkaja Arts embodies that term, providing a haven for artists to meet, talk and paint both important esoteric and personal stories.

Annette Lormada was born in Fitzroy Crossing in 1961. Given the bush name Bingarli, Annette grew up listening to the Two Dogs Dreaming Story from her parents, which she continues to paint today. Annette came to painting relatively recently and began to paint at Mangkaja studio after watching the senior artists. Known for her contemporary whimsical style, Annette paints the creation stories she learnt as a child, vividly bringing to life memories of her childhood spent fishing along the Fitzroy River.  

This item is available at Mundaring Arts Centre.

Images and text courtesy of One of Twelve.