Selina Teece Pwerle: Anterrangeny- My Country

Everywhen Artspace is delighted to present a solo exhibition by talented younger generation Alyawarre artist Selina Teece Pwerle from Ampilatwatja in the Utopia region of the NT. Born in 1977, Selina grew up amongst some of Australia's most famous Aboriginal artists. These included the award winning Gloria Petyarre and the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye, amongst many others. Although not directly related to these artists, due to the communal nature of Aboriginal art, Selina absorbed the practice of art making from a young age. Her mother Lulu Teece Pitjara is also a well-known artist. Since she started painting in the early 2000s, Selina has developed her own unique styles to represent the plants and flowers of her region. She also paints her country after rain when it is blanketed with lush grasses and flowers. A favoured theme is the leaves of the spinifex plant as they move in the wind, while gum blossoms, outlined in delicate dots and lines are featured in others.  Selina's  luminous landscapes are of her father's and grandfather's country and that of her own birthplace - Antarrengeny in the heart of Alyawarre lands. In brilliant colour and precise detail these expansive vistas depict the rivers, red earth, trees, flowers, hills and the ever-changing light of the outback with an intimacy born from Selina Teece Pwerle's lifelong knowledge of her lands and that of her forebears who have lived on them for millennia.