About the work
Beginning late in 1991 and throughout the following years, Emily explored a range of techniques after largely abandoning the fine dotting and submerged lineair tracking, which had characterized her earlier works. She used larger brushes to create broader circular dabs of paint, which often involved “double dipping” the brush in various colours, before attacking the canvas. In this work she shows tremendous confidence and great subtlety of colour in rendering the floral profusion throughout her desert homeland after summer rains.
Despite the sweeping gestural flourishes, the resultant image contains considerable nuances, which evoke the physical and spiritual fertility of the land and radiance of being, that is sought during ceremony.
Bears AGOD numbered inscription on verso
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist and family in Utopia in 1995
The Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings, Melbourne, Australia
Private collection, The Netherlands
Please note that all Australian First Nations Art is created from a so called ‘Birds Eye’ view. This means that the paintings can be hung either horizontally as well as vertically.
SmithDavidson Gallery represents a wide range of Australian First Nations Art, please contact for additional information.