Artist: Lorna Naparrula Fencer | Title: Bush Potato | Year: 2000 | Medium: synthetic polymer paint on canvas | Dimensions: 92 x 62 cm

PROVENANCE
Katherine Art Gallery, NT
Coo-ee Aboriginal Art, NSW

EXHIBITED
Desert Winter Dreaming, June 2012, Coo-ee Art Gallery
A Cooee Christmas | Next Gen 2021, December 2021, Cooee Art | Redfern

ARTWORK STORY
Lorna Fencer is custodian for Bush potato, her principal Dreaming and most common painting subject, The Bush Potato depiction signifies fertility as an important subject of Women’s business.

Artist Profile

COMMUNITY/REGION
Lajamanu, NT

LANGUAGE
Warlpiri

BIOGRAPHY
Born c. 1925, at Yarturlu Yarturlu, a Yam Dreaming site, Lorna Fencer, was the custodian of inherited land Yumurrpa situated near Chilla Well, south of the Granites Mine in the Tanami Desert. Her father’s country was Wapurtali. She spent her early years living a traditional life until, in 1949 she, along with many of her Warlpiri countrymen, were forcibly transported to the government settlement of Lajamanu at Hooker Creek, situated in the country of the Gurindji people… Continue Reading