Helen Rubuntja b. 1965
Grandmother's Country by Helen Rubuntja, 2022
45 x 60 cm
17 3/4 x 23 5/8 inches
17 3/4 x 23 5/8 inches
acrylic on canvas
TIAA-HR202203
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This painting depicts Helen Rubuntja’s grandmother’s country – the brilliant azure desert sky, the eastern MacDonnell Ranges and the abundance of vegetation and wild flowers that grow after the desert...
This painting depicts Helen Rubuntja’s grandmother’s country – the brilliant azure desert sky, the eastern MacDonnell Ranges and the abundance of vegetation and wild flowers that grow after the desert rains. The wild flowers are colourful and delicate and may only bloom for a short time. The taller trees with hanging green foliage are desert oaks that pepper the landscape all year round.
Helen's style is a fusion of a Western way of seeing the landscape but layered with the dots that have become synonymous with Aboriginal art. Her works provide a little window, a moment in time, back into Helen’s grandmother’s country.
Helen's style is a fusion of a Western way of seeing the landscape but layered with the dots that have become synonymous with Aboriginal art. Her works provide a little window, a moment in time, back into Helen’s grandmother’s country.
