Our next featured artist is Christine Doolan. Like so many of the Aboriginal artists, she learned her art from family members and, as such, is part of the famous Doolan family. Her art is both bold and neat. Many of her pieces are on display at art galleries in Alice Springs. Let’s look at two of her designs:

1. Wild Flora: This pattern is based on the Northern Territory of Australia. It’s a beautiful place. A semi-desert, however, you can see the greenery of nature along the MacDonald range. A good winter rain will bring out many colorful flowers everywhere. This pattern depicts the wild flowers beautifully in all three color ways.
2. Fresh Life After Rain: Central Australia is a semi-desert area, also. Rainfall is, therefore, very rare. Vegetation is not plentiful, but after several months Alice Springs gets a good rainfall. Suddenly, the area comes alive with wildflowers everywhere. The entire territory gets new life. You’re greeted with an amazing array of colors, such as yellow, purple, red, green and much more. This is captured in Fresh Life After Rain with great imagination and artwork.

Wild Flora

Fresh Life After Rain

Let’s begin our series by way of some background. We feature fabrics from M&S Textiles Australia, the largest manufacturer of Australian Aboriginal designs printed on good quality 100% cotton fabric.

Aboriginal artworks are popular throughout the world and the only living ancient artworks apotheke-zag.de. Its tradition goes back 50,000 years as revealed by carbon dating of rock paintings, cave paintings and so forth.   What’s amazing is that many of their artists have no formal art education or training. Their skills and artistry are handed down generation to generation.

Aboriginal artist Nambooka is very skilled and well known, becoming almost a household name for her bold and colorful designs. We’ll touch on just two of her designs today.

1. Untitled: It depicts the crosswire. It is available in several color ways. It is a soothing pattern that can be mixed with other more colorful fabrics.
2. Bambilla: This fabric depicts the flying glider at night which is the symbol of strength. It also portrays the spiritual world in the eyes of native Australians. Her work is well known in Victoria, by craft lovers, art enthusiasts and quilters. They all value and accept her artwork.

Untitled

Bambilla