Rosemary Porter b. 1982

Rosemary's paintings are informed by her intimate knowledge of her country and the inextricable connection between the land and its Tjukurrpa (Dreaming), which inform all aspects of traditional life - deep and sacred knowledge, including the law and rules for social cohesion. Her style is characteristic of the Western Desert art movement; using meticulous dot and line work, she depicts her ancestral country, near Tjukurla in Western Australia. The two centred roundels represent waterholes, and the three either side represent rockholes. Rosemary often paints in reduced colour palettes that are reminiscent of traditional ochre pigments or the warm tones of the desert landscape, but creates bold and striking patterns thorough the repetition of dot and stroke.