Marcia Purdie Art for Sale at Auction

b. 1971 -

Marcia Purdie is a younger generation ochre artists from the East Kimberley. She was born in Derby in 1971 and grew up in Halls Creek and Wyndham, before later moving to Warmun and Kununnurra. Marcia Purdie’s father, Harold Rivers, was Chairperson of Whataguttabe community, located on excised land from Lansdowne Station. The stories and the country from Lansdowne form a large part of subject matter of Marcia Purdie’s paintings.
Marcia married to Dallas Purdie, the son of senior Warmun artist Shirley Purdie. The family lived in Warmun with their five children. While living in Warmun, Marcia Purdie built on her knowledge of the the Ngarrangkarni Dreaming stories of her Kitja Elders from Shirley Purdie and Shirley’s mother, the legendary Madigan Thomas.

Marcia Purdie is well educated and has been involved with Community affairs and management. Marcia Purdie has a natural artistic talent which was nurtured by the elder artists at Warmun. Marcia has maintained a strong pride in her painting technique and individual artistic style. At one point Marcia ceased painting for an extended time. Marcia Purdie is once again employing her meticulous approach to painting and is producing strong artworks. Marcia Purdie held her first solo exhibition in 2001, and participated in a number of group exhibitions of Warmun artists up until 2005. Aboriginal art status – Mid career artist.