Cynthia Burke was destined to be an artist. Daughter of the
great Jean Burke and niece of Aboriginal art legend, Tommy Watson, she spenther childhood in Kaltuktjara (Docker River, W.A.) watching them paint and learning the craft that defines her work to this day.

“Every time I looked at my mother she was painting. I
learnt from her. She wanted me to do the painting. All of my work is influenced
by culture, Country and what I have learnt from my family.”

Cynthia’s art exhibits a refined dot style, often combined
with blocks of colour representing the sandhills and waterholes of her
ancestral lands. “When I’m painting it’s like I’m in that place. I think about the landscape as if I were looking down from a plane and seeing a lake or spinifex”.

As well an internationally acclaimed artist, Cynthia is also renowned for her punu (wood carving). She is also an important cultural leader
in her community, helping to keep the Ngaanyatjarra language strong as host of a local radio show.

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Exhibition opening Saturday 9 November 10am - 4pm

Image: Warakurna 150cm x 150cm