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Marlee (Swan) on Rose Silk – Dena Gower

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

The base fabric is rose and it is a three-colour print with off white, pink and red details.

Dena says of this design “The marlee (black swan) is such a beautiful sight when you see them swimming in the Canning River known as Djarlgarro Beelier to the Whadjuk people. They are so graceful to watch. I wanted to catch the beauty and gracefulness of the marlee through my art.”

Categories: Nagula Jarndu Aboriginal Women's Art Centre

Name: Dena Gower

Language: Noongar

Community: Broome

Biography:

Dena was born on Balladong and Whadjuk country and grew up on Wilman country in Narrogin where she spent time learning from her elders and visually recording this knowledge in her art, teaching herself how to paint with acrylics on canvas. Dena married into Yawuru family and moved to Rubibi, Broome, with her family in 2022. She joined Nagula Jarndu to continue her art practice and connect with like-minded women. She has quickly created a portfolio of carved ‘blocks’ to print from and is continuously producing new imagery to create her prints. Dena’s printing style is very loose and joyous and her work speaks to her happy disposition and the generous spirit she brings to the art centre each day. She tells stories about important aspects of her time growing up on Noongar Whadjuk. She is particularly drawn to the animals and plants from her country and the spiritual connections between all living forms.

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