Walkali by Anne Ovi, original Aboriginal acrylic painting on canvas featuring blue circles, intricate brushwork and patterns representing Country.

Anne Ovi - Walkali

Name: Anne Ovi - Walkali
Brand: Anne Ovi
SKU: BAL159-26
Price: 6100.00 AUD
Availability: InStock

$6,100 AUD

Artist:

Anne Ovi

Size:

182.9cm x 81.3cm

Medium:

Acrylic on Canvas

Walkali is an original acrylic painting on canvas by Walmajarri artist Anne Ovi, who lives and works around Mulan Community in Western Australia. Measuring 182.9 × 81.3 cm, the painting depicts her grandmother's Country along the Seven Sisters Songline, south of Balgo in the Great Sandy Desert.

Through intricate brushwork, Anne represents the seeds, bush foods, soak waters and sand dunes of this landscape, reflecting her knowledge of Country and its natural resources.

Story from the Certificate of authenticity:

Anne has painted Walkali, her Grandmother's Country, located on the Seven Sisters' Songline south of Balgo in the Great Sandy Desert. Her fine brushwork captures the abundance of seeds that flourish in the area —traditionally harvested and ground into fine flour to make damper. The blue circles symbolise the many soak waters that sustain the bush foods and medicines, while the elongated lines represent the sweeping sand dunes of the Great Sandy Desert.

Artists Biography

Anne Ovi (b.1966) was born in Derby in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. She currently lives and works on her traditional Walmajarri Country around Mulan Community. Ovi has been painting since 2015, developing a recognisable style that is intricate, organic, and highly detailed. She typically paints the story for bush medicines and bush foods that can be found on Walmajarri Country – representing the plants that grow here, their growth cycles, and related cultural knowledges. Ovi is currently working as part of a team of women artworkers assisting with the re-opening of the Mulan Arts Centre. She is also an active and celebrated member of the Paraku Rangers Indigenous Protected Areas group, having worked as a ranger there since 1991.

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Aboriginal Contemporary has an enviable reputation for quality, service and ethical trading; not just with our customers but with the art centres from whom we source our work.

This is in no small part due to owner Nichola Dare’s regular trips to some of the most remote parts of Australia and her ability to build relationships with art centres and artists, based on mutual trust and respect. Nichola’s time in Australia’s Western Desert, The Kimberley, APY Lands and Arnhem Land has also given her a deep understanding of the country and culture at the heart of the art we sell.

Anne Ovi - Walkali

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