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Walga Walga (Salmon) on Cotton Linen – Martha Lee

 Walgawalga (blue nose salmon) on linen/cotton blend by Martha Lee 2022

Lengths of handprinted screen printed fabric on linen/cotton blend 137cm wide

The base fabric is ‘red’ and is a three-colour print with white, light blue and navy blue coloured details.

Martha Lee is a Yawuru-Karajarri woman based in Broome.
She uses strong pattern designs in her work, choosing the distinctive colours of the Kimberley landscape.
During Barrgana Season (around June-August), Martha loves to go with her family and take her handline down to her favourite fishing spot to try and catch this favourite fish. Yum!

Price is per metre.

Categories: Nagula Jarndu Aboriginal Women's Art Centre

Name: Martha Lee

Language: Karajarri, Yawuru

Community: Broome

Biography:

Martha Lee is a Yawuru and Karrajarri woman from Broome. 

Martha is one of Nagula Jarndu’s senior artists and has been with the art centre since the 1980’s. Martha’s work is strongly influenced by the six Yawuru seasons- Laja. Man-gala, Marrul, Wirralburu, Barrgana and Wirlburu and she creates work built around what is happening during that time- bush tukka and medicine that is in season, weather patterns, fishing and hunting events and animal life. She has been taught to respect these seasonal changes and understand the practices required at that time- what food to eat, where to camp, tides to fish etc. Martha has a strong sense of pattern and linework in her art and uses these elements to represent patterns on country - tidal lines, wind tracks in the desert sand, or marks made by creatures as they travel across the land and sea.

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