Kelvin Kemarre Ladd – Land of No Second Chance

When you break down in the middle of no where the desert claims the car. This is spinefex country, where the dust storms blow around and blocks out the sky and you can’t see anything, it has covered the rusty old vintage Dodge flat bed truck, the desert gives no second chances.


Kelvin  Kemarre Ladd

Name: Kelvin Kemarre Ladd


Language: Alyawarre


Community: Ampilatwatja


Biography:

I was born in Ali Curung,  but I call Epenarra my home.  I like country music, and stock camp paintings.  It's the life that I grew up around.  During the time I was growing up I was in a stock camp.  I used to watch the old fellas mustering and breaking in horses.   It was a great upbringing, disciplined and with strong family connections.  Hunting was the most important thing and we had to hunt to provide for our families.  There was no technology in those times.