Colleen Wallace

Biography
Colleen Wallace
LANGUAGE: ARRENTE
REGION: LTYENTYE APURTE (SANTA TERESA), N.T.

Colleen Wallace is an Arrernte artist who began painting in the 1990s with encouragement from her step-mother, Kathleen Wallace, a well-known artist and a recipient of numerous awards.

 

Colleen is noted for her precise dot design and vibrant use of colour in her paintings, in particular her Dreamtime Sisters story. Using this traditional dotting technique combined with fine linework, Colleen depicts the Dreamtime Sisters, floating above the sacred sites, protecting the sites and the people who visit and care for them.

 

Colleen is married to Colin Bird, the son of the famous Ada Bird from Utopia. Colleen has five children.

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