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East Kimberley Boab
This painting is of a Boab Tree that are found in the East Kimberly. I have painted it in the style my mother (Charlene Carrington) paints. I have used Ochres and also the sap of the Bloodwood tree to make it glossy.
This painting is of a Boab Tree that are found in the East Kimberly. I have painted it in the style my mother (Charlene Carrington) paints. I have used Ochres and also the sap of the Bloodwood tree to make it glossy.
Name: SEVANNA CARRINGTON
Language: English
Community: Warmun
Biography:
My name is Sevanna Carrington and i am the fourth child of my mother - amongst seven children.
I've started painting at the age of 8yrs old, using traditional ochre paints. Now i am currently 24yrs old and still paints. i have been inspired by my mother Charlene Carrington as well as my grandmother(Sade) and great-grandmother named Betty Carrington. i have lived in Warrarmurn (Warmun) all my life, now currently a mother to my 4yr old daughter Meira.
My mother is a Gija women, her country lays North East of Turkey Creek community known as Texas Downs Station, and my father comes from Derby region - of the three main tribes known within that area he is of the Ngarinyin clan.