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Gunbaliny (Oyster Catcher) on Silk – Maxine Charlie

 

Gunbaliny (oyster catcher) on silk by Maxine Charlie 2022

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

The base fabric is ‘oyster’ and is a three-colour print with white, black and orange 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.

Gunbaliny are a shy bird that can be seem feeding on the mudflats and sandy beaches around Broome. They use their long beaks for digging up sand worms, molluscs and small crabs. Maxine has a real fondness for them and especially loves that they mate for life.
Price is per metre.

Categories: Nagula Jarndu Aboriginal Women's Art Centre

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.

 

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