Songlines by June Smith
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| Artist: | June Smith |
| Title: | Songlines |
| Medium: | Acrylic on Linen |
| Size: | 40 X 30cm |
| Code: | 5378 |
June Smith paints for the Keringke Arts Centre. The art centre is situated in the community of Ltyentye Apurte (Santa Teresa) located eighty kilometres south-east of Alice Springs, with a population of approximately 300.
Keringke Arts today produces a wide variety of art products, reflecting the colour, rhythm and ambience of the land that is home for the Eastern Arrernte artists.
The artists are represented nationally and internationally in many collections, and the work is prized for its unique, mostly fine dotted style.
Various painters have developed the Keringke style over a twenty year period. The artists use pattern, colour, shape and design to create paintings that depict their sense of country, culture and self.
These shapes and designs may have features common to ancient rock art and petroglyph designs. Some designs reflect sand and body paintings. Most commonly, in its contemporary form, the art is not attributed to any particular thing, but expresses the life world of the particular artist.
Digital Finery.