Lot 63: Kulyayi Water Bushfire Series

The artist has spent most of his life in his traditional country on the Northern fringes of the Great Sandy Desert Northern Western Australia. His father Billy Thomas (Karnta Karnta) taught him a great deal about the land and its features. This painting shows a small water hole close to the Canning Stock Route called Kulyayi. All around are sandhills (tali) that are ablaze with wildfire.

80 x 100 cm

The Greatest Passion of All, Jacquie McPhee, 2017, p259

Red Rock Art, WA The Jacquie McPhee Collection, WA