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HORSEMAN VALLEY – EVELYN MALGIL

This is the country of Horseman Valley that is located in Texas Station “This is my dad’s country” The hills that the artist has included within the background is a very significant place for Evelyn, for as long as she can remember these hills are from the dreaming. 

The blue tongue lizard known as the Loomoogoo (blue tongue lizard) in Gija, Evevlyn says that long ago the loomoogoo walked through this country, he belonged to this country. This was where he stopped – in Horseman Valley then turned into hills. Today this hill of the blue tongue lizard is still there today in Texas country.

Categories: WARMUN ART

Name: EVELYN MALGIL

Language: Gija, Kimberley Kriol

Community: Warmun

Biography:

Evelyn Malgil was born in Derby, WA. At ten years old she moved to Warmun. Evelyn went to high school in the town of her birth and then returned to Warmun.

Evelyn worked on Bedford Downs cattle station with her husband Norman Echo. Evelyn cooked, while Norman was the head stockman. Bedford Downs Station is located southwest of Warmun Community. It is Norman's traditional country.

Following her return, Evelyn has remained in Warmun were she now lives with her five children and her family.

Evelyn is the senior traditional owner for a site south-east of Warmun called Winniper Springs. Evelyn depicts this site time and again, mining the beauty and history of the area to create stunning works.

Evelyn is one of few Warmun artists who uses acrylic paints, combining these bright colours with the more subdued palette of the natural ochres. These idiosyncratic palettes make Evelyn's brilliant work stand out among a host of incredible artists.

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