DANCE : Shark
SKIN GROUP: Takaringa (Mullet)
MOTHER`S COUNTRY: Jikarruwu ( Cape Fourcroy ) Bathurst Island
FATHER`S COUNTRY: Port Hurd, Bathurst Island
ART CENTRE: Ngaruwanajirri, Nguiu, Bathurst Island
MEDIUM : Natural ochres on Arches paper, Batik on silk using Naphtol and Drimarine K dyes, watercolours on paper.
Estelle has been working with Ngaruwanajirri since 1996. Her early works with natural ochres were very delicate. More recent paintings have become bolder in line and colour and dot. The structure and ideas in Estelle`s paintings are often reflected in her batiks on silk, where she uses Naphtol dyes and Drimarine K dyes.
ARTIST`S STATEMENT: 'I like painting cards and beads and silk (scarves ). Like putting wax on the silk. I like painting circles and lines with ochre paints.'