Artist: Queenie McKenzie | Title: Rainbow Snake over Texas Downs | Year: 1996 | Medium: natural pigments on canvas | Dimensions: 72 x 99 cm

PRICE
Price available upon request. Please contact Adrian at adrian@newsteadart.com for details.

PROVENANCE
Fireworks Gallery Cat No. FW3680
Cooee Gallery
Private Collection, QLD
Private Collection, NSW

Artist Profile

COMMUNITY/ REGION
Turkey Creek (Warmun), East Kimberley Region, WA

LANGUAGE
Gija

BIOGRAPHY
Queenie McKenzie was born c.1930 at the Old Texas station on the Ord River in the north west of Western Australia. As a child, her Aboriginal mother protected her from removal to an orphanage under the prevailing government policy that took Aboriginal children such as Queenie, who’s absent father was white… Continue Reading