Artist: Charlene Carrington| Title: Loomagu Rocks | Year: 2006 | Medium: natural earth pigments and resin on linen | Dimensions: 100 x 60 cm
PROVENANCE
Narrangunny Art Traders Cat No. N2409ccar
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/REGION
Turkey Creek, WA
LANGUAGE
Gija
BIOGRAPHY
Charlene grew up at Warmun/Turkey Creek, Western Australia, and was exposed to ochre painting at an early age, being the daughter of well respected artists, Churchill Cann and Sade Carrington, both coming from the community on nearby Texas Downs cattle station. Texas has produced some wonderful painters, and having grown up in the environment of this art nursery, the young mother of five, now relishes the opportunity to paint her stories using the traditional techniques, no doubt benefiting from the mentoring from some of the finest of the Texas Downs/Turkey Creek ochre painting movement, Queenie McKenzie, Jack Britten, her grandfathers Beerbee Mungnari and Hector Jandany, Rover Thomas, and George Mung Mung.
Charlene's work frequently draws on the Dreaming stories from her Gija heritage and landscapes from her family's country, such as Texas Downs and Darrajayin (Springvale Station). She is unique among Warmun Art School artists for using traditional natural binders like garliwan and other pigments sourced from local eucalyptus leaves to bind ochres to canvas and board. This technique, passed down from artists such as Rover Thomas, Jack Britten, and Hector Jandany, predates the use of modern acrylic binders. While Charlene also uses acrylic binders, she continues to honour this traditional method.
PROVENANCE
Narrangunny Art Traders Cat No. N2409ccar
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/REGION
Turkey Creek, WA
LANGUAGE
Gija
BIOGRAPHY
Charlene grew up at Warmun/Turkey Creek, Western Australia, and was exposed to ochre painting at an early age, being the daughter of well respected artists, Churchill Cann and Sade Carrington, both coming from the community on nearby Texas Downs cattle station. Texas has produced some wonderful painters, and having grown up in the environment of this art nursery, the young mother of five, now relishes the opportunity to paint her stories using the traditional techniques, no doubt benefiting from the mentoring from some of the finest of the Texas Downs/Turkey Creek ochre painting movement, Queenie McKenzie, Jack Britten, her grandfathers Beerbee Mungnari and Hector Jandany, Rover Thomas, and George Mung Mung.
Charlene's work frequently draws on the Dreaming stories from her Gija heritage and landscapes from her family's country, such as Texas Downs and Darrajayin (Springvale Station). She is unique among Warmun Art School artists for using traditional natural binders like garliwan and other pigments sourced from local eucalyptus leaves to bind ochres to canvas and board. This technique, passed down from artists such as Rover Thomas, Jack Britten, and Hector Jandany, predates the use of modern acrylic binders. While Charlene also uses acrylic binders, she continues to honour this traditional method.