Lloyd Kwilla Wangkatjungka, b. 1980
Bushfire Series - Kulyayi Waterhole, 2010
Kimberley ochres on canvas
100 x 140 cm
39 3/8 x 55 1/8 in
39 3/8 x 55 1/8 in
MM6112
6,900.00
Born in Derby in 1980, Lloyd Kwilla is the son of the late Billy Thomas (Karntakarnta), painter, medicine man and senior Lawman from the Great Sandy Desert. Kwilla spent most...
Born in Derby in 1980, Lloyd Kwilla is the son of the late Billy Thomas (Karntakarnta), painter, medicine man and senior Lawman from the Great Sandy Desert. Kwilla spent most of his childhood at Wangkatjungka community on Christmas Creek Station where he acquired a love of the landscape that surrounded him, and an intimate knowledge of its secrets. His father Billy Thomas (Karntakarnta) taught him a great deal about land and its features.
This painting shows a small waterhole close to the Canning Stock Route called ‘Kulyayi’ all around are sandhills (Tali), that are ablaze with wildfire.