DORA MBITJANA (1965 - )
Hand Signed, Original Acrylic On Canvas Painting
Title: Awelye & Bush Melon (Body Paint)
Image Size: 92.5cm x 95cm
Signed: Verso
Condition: Excellent - New
Stretched and Ready to Hang.
Comes with Certificate of Authenticity.
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Serafin Martinez
Principal, Martinez Art Dealer
Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia
ABN 36 561 407 649
Dora Mbitjana grew up in the Indigenous homelands region of Utopia in the Northern Territory, north-east (Alice Springs). Dora comes from both a family group and region that have produced some of the most influential Aboriginal artists since the dawn of the contemporary movement.
Dora is the youngest daughter of the great Aboriginal artist, Minnie Pwerle (dec.), whose paintings are now held in museums and exhibited in galleries worldwide. Dora’s mother Minnie, along with other artists like Emily Kame Kngwarreye and Gloria Petyarre, were leaders of Aboriginal art.
Dora and her famed sister, Betty Mbitjana, have also taken to painting Minnie’s signature style of Awelye, women's ceremony and women’s body paint designs. These are intricate patterns rooted in the ancient creation stories (Dreamings), traditionally made by mixing coloured ochre pigments and animal fats.
Dora is an emerging artist, and is also known to paint the Bush Plum Dreaming style that artists Utopia are well known for.
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