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Lanyji-Lanyji (Mangroves) on cotton drill – Maxine Charlie

Lanyji-Lanyji (Mangroves) by day on ‘cream’ cotton drill by Maxine Charlie 2016

Lengths of handprinted screen printed fabric on 100% linen 137cm wide

The weight of the fabric is 210gsm

The base fabric is birch in colour and is a four-colour print with green, light green, engine red and dark brown coloured details.

Maxine Charlie is a Yawuru and Bunuba artist based in Broome. She is inspired by the connection and cultural significance between the bundurr-bundurr (pindan land) and the nagula (sea) country.

Tidal creeks and parts of the coast between the high spring tide and the mean sea level are fringed with Lanyji-Lanyji (Mangroves). These are quiet places with dense foliage over the mudfloors and creeks or along the fringes of sandy beaches. They are a haven of food in the form of shells and crabs and provide an important element of Yawuru Sea Country.

Name: Maxine Anne Charlie


Language: Bunuba, Yawuru


Community: Broome


Biography:

Yawuru / Bunuba artist from the Kimberley region of Western Australia, Maxine is inspired by the connections and cultural significance between the land and sea country. 

Maxine is an artist working at the Nagula Jarndu (Saltwater  Woman) Women’s Art & Resource Centre.

Maxine‘s current body of work consists of crocodile skin motif, local flora and fauna. She uses hand/block/lino printing and digital screen printing on paper and fabric, layering colours and textures to produce beautiful and unique art.

 


© the artist / art centre