Sally Kemara Perkins

Artist: Sally Kemara Perkins

Skin Name: Kemara

Language Group: Eastern Arrernte

Region: Irrerlirre, MacDonald Downs

Vendor: Utopian Aboriginal Art

Dreaming: Wildflowers

Energetic young artist Sally Kemara Perkins has recently begun painting for Eastern Desert Art.

Her paintings are inspired by the landscape and flora of the Central Australia.

She and her husband Joseph live at Harts Range with their three children. Sally’s early education was in Adelaide and her teens were spent at Santa Teresa where she was brought up by her Auntie – Kathleen Wallace. Her Auntie was a great influence in her life as she taught Sally to paint and ensured she attended high school.

As well as looking after her children and painting, Sally works as a Teacher’s Aid at the Harts Range community.

Her paintings are inspired by the landscape and flora of the Central Australia.

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