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Poinciana Seed Pod on silk – Gabriella Baxter

Poinciana Seed Pods on silk by Gabriella Baxter 

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

The base fabric is chartreuse in colour and is a three-colour print with black, reddy brown and cream coloured details.

Gabriella is a Walmajarri-Nykina artist from Fitzroy Crossing. She visually represents the cultural knowledge that has been shared with her from the old people’s stories and from spending time on Country.  Her art consists of imagery that speaks to her Grandmother’s Country, The Great Sandy Desert region of the East Kimberley and through this it becomes a tribute to her ancestral homelands. She is particularly drawn to plant life and water sources, often using these as design elements in her work.

 

 

 

 

Name: Gabriella Baxter


Language: Walmajarri, Nyigina


Community: Fitzroy Crossing


Biography:

Gabriella is a Walmajarri-Nykina artist from Fitzroy Crossing. She visually represents the cultural knowledge that has been shared with her from the old people's stories and from spending time on Country.  Her art consists of imagery that speaks to her Grandmother's Country, The Great Sandy Desert region of the East Kimberley and through this it becomes a tribute to her ancestral homelands. She is particularly drawn to plant life and water sources, often using the 'jila' (waterhole) symbol in her work.

 


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