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Malbec by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting
Malbec by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting

Malbec by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting

By Gabriela Azar Schreiner

Located in Mentone, AU

The painting features dark, rich tones that shift subtly depending on the light, revealing layers of burgundy, fuchsia, and lilac throughout the piece. This painting is unstretched ...

Category

2010s Abstract Australia - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Light Consideration (Orange DPP) 2 (Abstract Painting)
Light Consideration (Orange DPP) 2 (Abstract Painting)

Light Consideration (Orange DPP) 2 (Abstract Painting)

By Andy Harwood

Located in London, GB

Andy Harwood (b. 1983) is a prominent Australian abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of mathematical precision and the sensory mechanics of perception. A significant...

Category

2010s Abstract Australia - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Contemporary Mixed-Media Abstract Painting on Canvas by Emma Labattaglia 2025
Contemporary Mixed-Media Abstract Painting on Canvas by Emma Labattaglia 2025

Contemporary Mixed-Media Abstract Painting on Canvas by Emma Labattaglia 2025

By Emma Labattaglia

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

At Escat Gallery, we are committed to upholding the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection includes a Certificate of Authe...

Category

2010s Abstract Australia - Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Contemporary Large Minimalist Abstract Painting Earth Tones by Emma Labattaglia
Contemporary Large Minimalist Abstract Painting Earth Tones by Emma Labattaglia

Contemporary Large Minimalist Abstract Painting Earth Tones by Emma Labattaglia

By Emma Labattaglia

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

The piece is signed by the artist on the reverse and includes a Certificate of Authenticity officially stamped by the gallery. We are committed to upholding the highest standards of...

Category

2010s Abstract Australia - Paintings

Materials

Linen, Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Light Consideration (Emerald) 2 (Abstract Painting)
Light Consideration (Emerald) 2 (Abstract Painting)

Light Consideration (Emerald) 2 (Abstract Painting)

By Andy Harwood

Located in London, GB

Andy Harwood (b. 1983) is a prominent Australian abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of mathematical precision and the sensory mechanics of perception. A significant...

Category

2010s Abstract Australia - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Contemporary Mixed-Media Abstract Painting on Canvas by Emma Labattaglia 2025
Contemporary Mixed-Media Abstract Painting on Canvas by Emma Labattaglia 2025

Contemporary Mixed-Media Abstract Painting on Canvas by Emma Labattaglia 2025

By Emma Labattaglia

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

At Escat Gallery, we are committed to upholding the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection includes a Certificate of Authe...

Category

2010s Abstract Australia - Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Terra by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting
Terra by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting

Terra by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting

By Gabriela Azar Schreiner

Located in Mentone, AU

This painting is unstretched and unframed. It will be carefully rolled and shipped in a tube. "Creating large-scale abstract paintings that evoke tranquility and presence in any spa...

Category

2010s Abstract Australia - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Contemporary Mixed-Media Abstract Painting on Canvas by Emma Labattaglia 2025
Contemporary Mixed-Media Abstract Painting on Canvas by Emma Labattaglia 2025

Contemporary Mixed-Media Abstract Painting on Canvas by Emma Labattaglia 2025

By Emma Labattaglia

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

At Escat Gallery, we are committed to upholding the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection includes a Certificate of Authe...

Category

2010s Abstract Australia - Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Linen, Charcoal

Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Painting in Earth Tones by Emma Labattaglia
Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Painting in Earth Tones by Emma Labattaglia

Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Painting in Earth Tones by Emma Labattaglia

By Emma Labattaglia

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

At Escat Gallery, we are committed to upholding the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection includes a Certificate of Authe...

Category

2010s Abstract Australia - Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Linen, Charcoal

VINO by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting
VINO by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting

VINO by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting

By Gabriela Azar Schreiner

Located in Mentone, AU

This painting is unstretched and unframed. It will be carefully rolled and shipped in a tube. "Creating large-scale abstract paintings that evoke tranquility and presence in any spa...

Category

2010s Abstract Australia - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Adjusted Light (Orange DPP / Red Violet) (Abstract Painting)
Adjusted Light (Orange DPP / Red Violet) (Abstract Painting)

Adjusted Light (Orange DPP / Red Violet) (Abstract Painting)

By Andy Harwood

Located in London, GB

Andy Harwood (b. 1983) is a prominent Australian abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of mathematical precision and the sensory mechanics of perception. A significant...

Category

2010s Abstract Australia - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Tingari Abstract Geometric Painting, Acrylic on Cotton Canvas, 2010+
Tingari Abstract Geometric Painting, Acrylic on Cotton Canvas, 2010+

Tingari Abstract Geometric Painting, Acrylic on Cotton Canvas, 2010+

By Ronnie Tjampitjinpa

Located in Miami, FL

Ronnie Tjampitjinpa was born around 1943 at Tjiturrunya, about 100km west of the Kintore ranges in Western Australia. Following an extended drought in the 1950s, Ronnie's family move...

Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Australia - Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Foundational Study No. 25 (B) Gestural Form & Crimson Pigment
Foundational Study No. 25 (B) Gestural Form & Crimson Pigment

Foundational Study No. 25 (B) Gestural Form & Crimson Pigment

By Rebecca Wing Sze Lam

Located in STRETTON, AU

Foundational Studies 25(B) The Composition A refined entry point into the studio’s practice, Foundational Studies 25(B) is a deliberate exploration of form and verse. Executed on ha...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Australia - Paintings

Materials

Paint, Crayon, Oil Pastel, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival ...

Incremental Light (Green Light) (Abstract Painting)
Incremental Light (Green Light) (Abstract Painting)

Incremental Light (Green Light) (Abstract Painting)

By Andy Harwood

Located in London, GB

This work will be shipped rolled. Andy Harwood (b. 1983) is a prominent Australian abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of mathematical precision and the sensory me...

Category

2010s Abstract Australia - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Contemporary Mixed-Media Abstract Painting on Canvas by Emma Labattaglia 2025
Contemporary Mixed-Media Abstract Painting on Canvas by Emma Labattaglia 2025

Contemporary Mixed-Media Abstract Painting on Canvas by Emma Labattaglia 2025

By Emma Labattaglia

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

At Escat Gallery, we are committed to upholding the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection includes a Certificate of Authe...

Category

2010s Abstract Australia - Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Peter Max -- Peace On Earth II
Peter Max -- Peace On Earth II

Peter Max -- Peace On Earth II

By Peter Max

Located in BRUCE, ACT

Peter Max Peace On Earth II, 2006 Mixed-media with acrylic painting and color lithography on paper. A unique work Hand signed in acrylic low right. Image size 58 x 43 cm Frame siz...

Category

Early 2000s Australia - Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Peter Max -- Blushing Beauty
Peter Max -- Blushing Beauty

Peter Max -- Blushing Beauty

By Peter Max

Located in BRUCE, ACT

Peter Max Blushing Beauty, 2006 Mixed-media with acrylic painting and color lithography on paper. A unique work Hand signed in acrylic low right. Image size 23 x 18 cm Frame size ...

Category

Early 2000s Australia - Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

She Lit my Fire, acrylic painting by George Rodrigue
She Lit my Fire, acrylic painting by George Rodrigue

She Lit my Fire, acrylic painting by George Rodrigue

By George Rodrigue

Located in BRUCE, ACT

George Rodrigue She Lit my Fire, 1993. Acrylic on canvas on card. Measurement: 35,5 x 27,5cm Frame: 46,5 x 38,5cm Signed lower left: Rodrigue. As well as with copyright stamp verso:...

Category

1990s Australia - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Contemporary Mixed-Media Abstract Painting on Canvas by Emma Labattaglia 2025
Contemporary Mixed-Media Abstract Painting on Canvas by Emma Labattaglia 2025

Contemporary Mixed-Media Abstract Painting on Canvas by Emma Labattaglia 2025

By Emma Labattaglia

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

At Escat Gallery, we are committed to upholding the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection includes a Certificate of Authe...

Category

2010s Abstract Australia - Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Quiet  by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting
Quiet  by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting

Quiet by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting

By Gabriela Azar Schreiner

Located in Mentone, AU

This painting is unstretched and unframed. It will be carefully rolled and shipped in a tube. "Creating large-scale abstract paintings that evoke tranquility and presence in any spac...

Category

2010s Abstract Australia - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Foundational Study No. 25 (i-2) Anatomical Tones
Foundational Study No. 25 (i-2) Anatomical Tones

Foundational Study No. 25 (i-2) Anatomical Tones

By Rebecca Wing Sze Lam

Located in STRETTON, AU

Foundational Studies 25(i-2) The Composition A focused extension of the studio’s color theory, Foundational Studies 25(i-2) marks the transition from abstract pigment exploration t...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Australia - Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Color Pencil

Liquid calm by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting
Liquid calm by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting

Liquid calm by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting

By Gabriela Azar Schreiner

Located in Mentone, AU

This painting is unstretched and unframed. It will be carefully rolled and shipped in a tube. "Creating large-scale abstract paintings that evoke tranquility and presence in any spac...

Category

2010s Abstract Australia - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Peter Max -- United We Stand
Peter Max -- United We Stand

Peter Max -- United We Stand

By Peter Max

Located in BRUCE, ACT

Peter Max United We Stand, 2006 Mixed-media with acrylic painting and color lithography on paper. A unique work Hand signed in acrylic low right. Image size 58 x 43 cm Frame size ...

Category

Early 2000s Australia - Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Bell Butterfly (Abstract painting)
Bell Butterfly (Abstract painting)

Bell Butterfly (Abstract painting)

By Brent Hallard

Located in London, GB

Bell Butterfly (Abstract painting) Acrylic on Aluminum honeycomb - Unframed Brent Hallard is an Australian - born artist and co organiser of The Shape of Things. His work is deeply...

Category

2010s Abstract Australia - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Rumination Pause (Rose Madder) (Abstract Painting)
Rumination Pause (Rose Madder) (Abstract Painting)

Rumination Pause (Rose Madder) (Abstract Painting)

By Andy Harwood

Located in London, GB

Andy Harwood (b. 1983) is a prominent Australian abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of mathematical precision and the sensory mechanics of perception. A significant...

Category

2010s Abstract Australia - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Glowing forest    by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting
Glowing forest    by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting

Glowing forest by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting

By Gabriela Azar Schreiner

Located in Mentone, AU

This painting is unstretched and unframed. It will be carefully rolled and shipped in a tube. "Creating large-scale abstract paintings that evoke tranquility and presence in any spac...

Category

2010s Abstract Australia - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Foundational Studies 25(E) Earthly Palettes & Visceral Tones
Foundational Studies 25(E) Earthly Palettes & Visceral Tones

Foundational Studies 25(E) Earthly Palettes & Visceral Tones

By Rebecca Wing Sze Lam

Located in STRETTON, AU

Foundational Studies 25(E) The Composition A refined entry point into the studio’s practice, Foundational Studies 25(E) is a deliberate exploration of form and verse. Executed on ha...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Australia - Paintings

Materials

Paint, Ink, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen, Pencil, Carbon P...

Alba by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting
Alba by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting

Alba by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting

By Gabriela Azar Schreiner

Located in Mentone, AU

This painting is unstretched and unframed. It will be carefully rolled and shipped in a tube. "Creating large-scale abstract paintings that evoke tranquility and presence in any spac...

Category

2010s Abstract Australia - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Colour Orb 15 (Abstract painting)
Colour Orb 15 (Abstract painting)

Colour Orb 15 (Abstract painting)

By Brent Hallard

Located in London, GB

Brent Hallard is an Australian-born artist and co-organizer of The Shape of Things. His work is deeply rooted in the fundamentals of art history, especially building on the tendencie...

Category

2010s Abstract Australia - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Sunny day by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting
Sunny day by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting

Sunny day by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting

By Gabriela Azar Schreiner

Located in Mentone, AU

This painting is unstretched and unframed. It will be carefully rolled and shipped in a tube. "Creating large-scale abstract paintings that evoke tranquility and presence in any spac...

Category

2010s Abstract Australia - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Night glow by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting
Night glow by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting

Night glow by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting

By Gabriela Azar Schreiner

Located in Mentone, AU

This painting is unstretched and unframed. It will be carefully rolled and shipped in a tube. "Creating large-scale abstract paintings that evoke tranquility and presence in any spac...

Category

2010s Abstract Australia - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Peter Max -- Land of The Free, Home of The Brave
Peter Max -- Land of The Free, Home of The Brave

Peter Max -- Land of The Free, Home of The Brave

By Peter Max

Located in BRUCE, ACT

Peter Max Land of The Free, Home of The Brave, 2006 Mixed-media with acrylic painting and color lithography on paper. A unique work Hand signed in acrylic low right. Image size 58...

Category

Early 2000s Australia - Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Aqua   by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting
Aqua   by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting

Aqua by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting

By Gabriela Azar Schreiner

Located in Mentone, AU

This painting is unstretched and unframed. It will be carefully rolled and shipped in a tube. "Creating large-scale abstract paintings that evoke tranquility and presence in any spa...

Category

2010s Abstract Australia - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Foundational Series Studio Archive No.313 – abstract blue artwork
Foundational Series Studio Archive No.313 – abstract blue artwork

Foundational Series Studio Archive No.313 – abstract blue artwork

By Rebecca Wing Sze Lam

Located in STRETTON, AU

A2 Acrylic & Enamel on Archival Paper – Custom Framed Artwork & Framing Specifications Artwork Dimensions: A2 – 420 × 594 mm / 16.5 × 23.4 in Overall Framed Dimensions (estimate...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Australia - Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Tjintjintjin Painting, Contemporary Acrylic on Linen Canvas, 2010+
Tjintjintjin Painting, Contemporary Acrylic on Linen Canvas, 2010+

Tjintjintjin Painting, Contemporary Acrylic on Linen Canvas, 2010+

By Walangkura Napanangka

Located in Miami, FL

As one of the last generation to remember a childhood lived in the desert hunting and gathering with her family, Walangkura Napanangka's paintings recall the stories of country and the location of specific sites in her traditional homeland west of the salt lake of Karrkurutinjinya (Lake Macdonald). Born around 1946, at Tjitururrnga west of Kintore, in the remote and arid country between the Northern Territory and Western Australia, she lived with her father Rantji Tjapangati and mother Inyuwa Nampitjinpa and later, while still a teenager, travelled by foot with her family over the hundreds of kilometres from their remote desert home eventually joining Uta Uta Tjangala's group as they walked in to the settlements of Haasts Bluff and then Papunya. The lure of settlement life with its promise of plentiful food and water belied the harsh conversion they would make to an alien lifestyle with its many problems and unfamiliar demands. The upheaval however, was ameliorated to some degree by the proximity of her immediate family including her mother Inyuwa, adoptive father Tutuma Tjapangati, and sister Pirrmangka Napanangka (now deceased) all of whom became artists. Relocated to the community of Kintore in 1981 when the outstation movement began, Walangkura participated in the historic women's collaborative painting project (1994) that was initiated by the older women as a means of re-affirming their own spiritual and ancestral roots. It was a time of specifically female singing, ceremony and painting, away from the gaze of outsiders and men folk. The huge and colourful canvases that emerged from the women's camp were 'alive with the ritual excitement and narrative intensity of the occasion' (Johnson 2000: 197). Within a year, Papunya Tula Artists, now established at Kintore, had taken on many of these women as full-time artists, revitalising the company after the deaths of many of the original 'painting men'. While individual women forged their own stylistic trajectory, these paintings were immediately distinguishable from the men's more cerebral and symmetrical style. They radiated an exuberant and vibrant energy, the felt heart-beat of women's affinity to country and spirit. Walangkura's early works, created from 1996 onward, are characterized by masses of small markings and motifs covering large areas of canvas. Her favorite colour, a deep sandy orange predominates, accentuated against more somber blacks and reds and dusky greens or yellows. More recent works show a gestural quality though still tightly packed with an intensity of geometric line work representing sandhills. In a sense this provides a strong visual and contextual link to the men's linear style as exemplified by the works of George Tjungurrayi...

Category

2010s Contemporary Australia - Paintings

Materials

Linen, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Studio Archive No.87 Earth Pigments on Raw Studio Weave Cotton
Studio Archive No.87 Earth Pigments on Raw Studio Weave Cotton

Studio Archive No.87 Earth Pigments on Raw Studio Weave Cotton

By Rebecca Wing Sze Lam

Located in STRETTON, AU

Studio Archive No. 87 is a seminal work that explores the visceral connection between human form and raw materiality. What makes this piece unique is the intentional dialogue between...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Australia - Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Archival Ink, Acrylic

PGB Slurp (Abstract Painting)
PGB Slurp (Abstract Painting)

PGB Slurp (Abstract Painting)

By Brent Hallard

Located in London, GB

PGB Slurp (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on aluminum - Unframed Hallard works with the themes of space and geometry, manipulating images and arrangements of objects in order to challe...

Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Australia - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Adjusted Light (Rose Madder / Deep Rose Madder) (Abstract Painting)
Adjusted Light (Rose Madder / Deep Rose Madder) (Abstract Painting)

Adjusted Light (Rose Madder / Deep Rose Madder) (Abstract Painting)

By Andy Harwood

Located in London, GB

This work will be shipped rolled. Andy Harwood (b. 1983) is a prominent Australian abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of mathematical precision and the sensory me...

Category

2010s Abstract Australia - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Serene Sunset  by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting
Serene Sunset  by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting

Serene Sunset by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting

By Gabriela Azar Schreiner

Located in Mentone, AU

This painting is unstretched and unframed. It will be carefully rolled and shipped in a tube. "Creating large-scale abstract paintings that evoke tranquility and presence in any spac...

Category

2010s Abstract Australia - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Foundational Series Studio Archive: No. 220 Mix Media Study
Foundational Series Studio Archive: No. 220 Mix Media Study

Foundational Series Studio Archive: No. 220 Mix Media Study

By Rebecca Wing Sze Lam

Located in STRETTON, AU

Foundational Series Studio Archive No. 220 ​The Work ​"Studio Archive No. 220" is a sophisticated mixed-media study exploring the quietude and structural elegance of the solitary hu...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Australia - Paintings

Materials

Archival Ink, Acrylic, Gesso, Oil Pastel

Foundational Series Studio Archive No. 219 Composition in Sienna and Charcoal
Foundational Series Studio Archive No. 219 Composition in Sienna and Charcoal

Foundational Series Studio Archive No. 219 Composition in Sienna and Charcoal

By Rebecca Wing Sze Lam

Located in STRETTON, AU

Studio Archive: No. 219 ​The Work ​"Studio Archive No. 219" is a sophisticated mixed-media study exploring the fluidity and shared geometry of the human form in unison. Part of a cu...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Australia - Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Oil Pastel, Archival Ink, Acrylic

Floating in Tranquility  Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting
Floating in Tranquility  Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting

Floating in Tranquility Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting

By Gabriela Azar Schreiner

Located in Mentone, AU

This painting is unstretched and unframed. It will be carefully rolled and shipped in a tube. "Creating large-scale abstract paintings that evoke tranquility and presence in any spac...

Category

2010s Abstract Australia - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Woman's Dreaming Painting, Contemporary Acrylic on Linen Canvas, 2010+
Woman's Dreaming Painting, Contemporary Acrylic on Linen Canvas, 2010+

Woman's Dreaming Painting, Contemporary Acrylic on Linen Canvas, 2010+

By Walangkura Napanangka

Located in Miami, FL

As one of the last generation to remember a childhood lived in the desert hunting and gathering with her family, Walangkura Napanangka's paintings recall the stories of country and the location of specific sites in her traditional homeland west of the salt lake of Karrkurutinjinya (Lake Macdonald). Born around 1946, at Tjitururrnga west of Kintore, in the remote and arid country between the Northern Territory and Western Australia, she lived with her father Rantji Tjapangati and mother Inyuwa Nampitjinpa and later, while still a teenager, travelled by foot with her family over the hundreds of kilometres from their remote desert home eventually joining Uta Uta Tjangala's group as they walked in to the settlements of Haasts Bluff and then Papunya. The lure of settlement life with its promise of plentiful food and water belied the harsh conversion they would make to an alien lifestyle with its many problems and unfamiliar demands. The upheaval however, was ameliorated to some degree by the proximity of her immediate family including her mother Inyuwa, adoptive father Tutuma Tjapangati, and sister Pirrmangka Napanangka (now deceased) all of whom became artists. Relocated to the community of Kintore in 1981 when the outstation movement began, Walangkura participated in the historic women's collaborative painting project (1994) that was initiated by the older women as a means of re-affirming their own spiritual and ancestral roots. It was a time of specifically female singing, ceremony and painting, away from the gaze of outsiders and men folk. The huge and colourful canvases that emerged from the women's camp were 'alive with the ritual excitement and narrative intensity of the occasion' (Johnson 2000: 197). Within a year, Papunya Tula Artists, now established at Kintore, had taken on many of these women as full-time artists, revitalising the company after the deaths of many of the original 'painting men'. While individual women forged their own stylistic trajectory, these paintings were immediately distinguishable from the men's more cerebral and symmetrical style. They radiated an exuberant and vibrant energy, the felt heart-beat of women's affinity to country and spirit. Walangkura's early works, created from 1996 onward, are characterized by masses of small markings and motifs covering large areas of canvas. Her favorite colour, a deep sandy orange predominates, accentuated against more somber blacks and reds and dusky greens or yellows. More recent works show a gestural quality though still tightly packed with an intensity of geometric line work representing sandhills. In a sense this provides a strong visual and contextual link to the men's linear style as exemplified by the works of George Tjungurrayi...

Category

2010s Contemporary Australia - Paintings

Materials

Linen, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic