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Ruby Kngwarreye Morton

Ruby comes from a very large artistic family which includes her mother, Mary Kemarre Morton and her 4 sisters, Lucky, Sarah, Audrey and Hazel. Ruby...

Posted by Sonja on October 19, 2008 3:09 PM

Hazel Kngwarreye Morton

Hazel Kngwarreye Morton was born in 1963 into a large artistic family. Her mother Kathleen Kamara Morton was wife number two to Billy (Stockman) Pitjara...

Posted on January 15, 2007 9:02 PM

Audrey Kngwarreye Morton

Born in June 1954 to Mary Kemarre and Billy (Stockman) Pitjara Morton, Audrey together with her sisters began her artistic career with her introduction into...

Posted by Sonja on January 14, 2007 4:29 PM

Sarah Kngwarreye Morton

Sarah Kngwarreye Morton, born in October 1958, is the third daughter of Utopian artists Mary Kemarre and Billy (Stockman) Pitjara Morton (deceased). Together with her...

Posted by Sonja on January 14, 2007 4:21 PM

Country

Lucky Kngwarreye Morton was born in 1949 on MacDonald Downs and is the daughter of artist and senior boss woman Mary Kemarre Morton and Billy...

Posted by Sonja on October 12, 2009 5:17 PM

Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming

Sarah Kngwarreye Morton's depiction of Rainbow Dreaming is suffused with shades of pinks, violets, blues and yellows. Rainbow Dreaming is associated with ceremonies ensuring the...

Posted by Sonja on January 21, 2009 1:14 PM

Wildflowers

The morass of Wild Flowers produced after desert rains are the source of Lucky Kngwarreye Morton's inspiration. In this painting she uses a pastel pallette...

Posted by Sonja on September 7, 2008 4:53 PM

Awely (Body Paint)

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Posted by Sonja on September 3, 2008 11:48 AM

Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming

On Exhibiton at: Australian Arts Projects 303 Tanglin Road, Singapore All Enquires through Gabrielle Cummins +65 6693 5018 Lucky infuses her painting with colours of...

Posted by Emma on May 20, 2008 11:52 AM

Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming

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Posted by Emma on May 13, 2008 10:30 AM

Wild Flowers

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Posted by Emma on May 11, 2008 6:47 PM

Awely-Body Paint

Mary Kemarre Morton’s work symbolizes the different body designs painted on the women for the ceremonies. Underlying the work is layer upon layer of grid-like...

Posted by Emma on April 19, 2008 5:43 PM

Wild Flowers

Lucky’s source of inspiration for Wild Flowers is from the colours, textures and patterns of the masses of flowering plants which spring up all over...

Posted by Sonja on March 12, 2008 3:05 PM

Wild Flowers

Lucky’s source of inspiration for Wild Flowers is from the colours, textures and patterns of the masses of flowering plants which spring up all over...

Posted by Sonja on March 12, 2008 3:05 PM

Wild Flowers

Lucky’s source of inspiration for Wild Flowers is from the colours, textures and patterns of the masses of flowering plants which spring up all over...

Posted by Sonja on March 12, 2008 2:59 PM

Honey Ant (Yerramp) Dreaming

Her inspiration is derived from her two Countries - Ngkwarlerlanem and Arnkawenyerr. The amazing Honey Ant provides the basis for this work. The Honey Ant's...

Posted by Emma on December 12, 2007 9:36 PM

Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming

Audrey Kngwarreye Morton depicts the patterns of the body of the Rainbow Spirit which comes to life in the form of a rainbow at the...

Posted by Emma on December 12, 2007 5:36 PM

Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming

The colours of the rainbow are mimicked in the bright, modern colours that Sarah uses in her paintings. Rainbow Dreaming, associated with ceremonies ensuring the...

Posted by Emma on December 12, 2007 10:07 AM

Wild Flowers

On Exhibiton at: Australian Arts Projects 303 Tanglin Road, Singapore All Enquires through Gabrielle Cummins +65 6693 5018 Lucky’s source of inspiration for Wild Flowers...

Posted by Emma on August 3, 2007 10:53 AM

Wild Flowers

Lucky’s source of inspiration for Wild Flowers is derived from the colours, textures and patterns of the masses of flowering plants which spring up all...

Posted by Emma on July 17, 2007 1:41 PM

Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming

Lucky Kngwarreye Morton depicts the patterns of the body of the Rainbow Spirit which comes to life in the form of a rainbow at the...

Posted by Emma on July 17, 2007 11:44 AM

Honey Ant (Yerramp) Dreaming

Lucky Kngwarreye Morton comes from a large artistic family including her mother, Mary Kemarre Morton and sisters Sarah, Hazel, Audrey, Ruby and Janice. Her Dreamings...

Posted by Emma on July 16, 2007 7:07 PM

Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming

The colours of the rainbow are mimicked in the bright, modern colours that Audrey uses in her paintings. Rainbow Dreaming is associated with ceremonies ensuring...

Posted by Emma on April 26, 2007 3:45 PM

Wildflower Seeds

Hazel Morton depicts here masses of multi-coloured wildflower seeds scattered across her country - the aftermath of severe winds. 'Wildflower seeds make beautiful patterns all...

Posted by Emma on April 26, 2007 3:33 PM

Wild Flowers

Sarah Kngwarreye Morton depicts the myriad of colours that she interprets from seeing the wildflower seeds scatter across her country after severe northerly winds. The...

Posted by Sonja on March 25, 2007 6:31 PM

Wildflower Seeds

This is Audrey Kngwarreye Morton's impression of wildflower seeds swirling scattered across her country. Layers of pinks, greys, taupes are built up over a dark...

Posted by Sonja on March 25, 2007 6:14 PM

Wildflower Seeds

Hazel Morton depicts here the myriad of wildflower seeds scattered across her country - the aftermath of severe northerly winds. 'Wildflower seeds make beautiful patterns...

Posted by Sonja on March 25, 2007 11:16 AM

Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming

The colours of the rainbow are mimicked in the bright, modern colours that Lucky uses in her paintings. Rainbow Dreaming is associated with ceremonies ensuring...

Posted by Emma on February 4, 2007 4:06 PM

Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming

Rainbow Dreaming associated with ceremonies ensuring the fertility of species is capable on the one hand of bringing much needed water but also of causing...

Posted by Emma on January 30, 2007 2:39 PM

Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming

Here Sarah Kngwarreye Morton represents the designs on the body of the Rainbow Spirit in pale blues and mauves obscured with white feathering applied with...

Posted by Sonja on January 25, 2007 4:58 PM

Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming

Sarah depicts the body of the Rainbow Spirit, as it emerges after a storm, in yellows, violets, greens and blues. She feathers the landscape in...

Posted by Sonja on January 25, 2007 3:58 PM

Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming

Lucky depicts the body design of the Spirit of the Rainbow Snake. The Rainbow Serpent or Snake is considered one of the most powerful and...

Posted by Sonja on January 25, 2007 3:53 PM

Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming

In this painting, Sarah Kngwarreye Morton depicts the body design of the powerful Rainbow Spirit in yellows and mauves. The Rainbow Serpent or Snake is...

Posted by Sonja on January 19, 2007 2:07 PM

Awely - Body Paint

This very fine painting is Mary’s representation of body designs which are painted on the women for their Women's Business ceremonies. In ceremonies women’s bodies...

Posted by Sonja on January 14, 2007 3:17 PM

Honey Ant (Yerramp) Dreaming

The Honey Ant is considered a delicacy by the Utopian women. The women search the country for the nests of honey ants and then dig...

Posted by Sonja on January 10, 2007 12:41 PM

Awely - Body Paint

Mary Morton’s entire oeuvre is devoted to Awely which refers to the ceremonial world of women’s business and includes women’s ceremonial body designs. These ceremonies...

Posted by Sonja on January 10, 2007 12:11 PM

Wild Flowers

Here Lucky Morton depicts masses of blooming wildflowers which flourish all over her country after the summer rains. 'Wild Flowers all over my country -...

Posted by Sonja on January 5, 2007 4:46 PM

Aboriginal Art in London

SARAH-JANE HOLDEN is holding an exhibition of Contemporary Aboriginal Art, 11 – 13 June 2010, 11am – 4.30pm, Preview: Thursday 10 June 6.30pm – 9.00pm 9 Parkside Avenue, Wimbledon Village, SW19 5ES. E. sj@tingariarts.com www.aboriginal-artists.co.uk

Posted by Sonja on June 4, 2010 5:11 PM

Eastern Desert Artists Visit Tandanya

Three renowned Alyawarr artists from Utopia: Mary Kemarre Morton and her two daughters, Sarah Kngwarreye Morton and Lucky Kngwarreye Morton visited Tandanya last week and demonstrated their painting techniques in the gallery surrounded by the beautiful paintings and artefacts of their people. Image: Sarah Kngwarreye Morton, Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming, (detail) 2007, Acrylic on Belgian linen, 120 x 120 cm

Posted by Sonja on March 11, 2008 2:22 PM