Click to enlargec. 1930 or c. 1943 – 2012
- Region
- Central Desert & Tanami
- Community
- Artetyerre (Harts Range)
- Language group
- Alyawarre (Alyawarr); Eastern Arrernte; Akarre
Artetyerre, 2007
synthetic polymer paint on canvas board
14 x 9 cm
$300
- Artwork story
- Billy Benn's painting celebrates the land and the artist's knowledge of it. The country he paints is very special to him, it is his birthplace. Billy Benn no longer lives there, so he paints it from memory. He dreams of returning there but, until he does, he keeps his home close to his heart by devotedly painting every part of it. He plans to paint every hill from his country and then he will stop, and return home.