Natalie Pula Holmes

Artist: Natalie Pula Holmes

Skin Name: Pula

Language Group: Alyawarr

Region: MacDonald Downs, Northern Territory

Vendor: Utopian Aboriginal Art

Dreaming: My Country, My Place

Only twenty three years of age, Natalie Pula Holmes is an emerging artist. Her fascination with painting goes back to her childhood in Tennant Creek as she watched her mother and artist, Marilyn Brown paint. Her mother saw at once the fascination colours and shapes held for Natalie and encouraged her to experiment.

Natalie has only recently begun to paint for Eastern Desert Art as raising her family has been her main pre-occupation for the last eight years. She lives on MacDonald Downs (285kms NE of Alice Springs) with her five children and partner Neville, son of Dudley Petrick, the Traditional Owner of this area.

Natalie's energetic, colourful work is inspired by the flora and fauna of her landscape in the Eastern Desert, Central Australia. Her paintings are representations of land and place.

Exhibitions:

• 2010: The Utopia Story, Australasian Arts Projects, Singapore
• 2010: Western and Eastern Desert Art, Blaxlands Inn, Hunter Valley, NSW
• 2010: Aboriginal Artists UK Spring Show 11-13 June, London