Kimberley art sells quickly

An exhibition of art from the Kimberley was almost sold out by the end of its second day, according to gallery owner Mr Robin Norling.

Patonga Bakehouse Gallery showed works of seven East Kimberley artists in its recent "The Desert to the Sea" exhibition.

Mr Norling said: "The intense connectedness with the land that these paintings demonstrate, and the committedness to creation of art is obvious in this exhibition.

"The paintings are fresh, vigorous and colourful.

"It's no wonder people want to take them home with them.

"Stan Brumby's suite of four paintings that tell of the origin of Wolf Creek Crater (about 100km South of Halls Creek) and raise an interesting question: How do these people know it was caused by a meteor, millennia before even Aborigines roamed its perimeters?

"Another point worth pondering: Many of the landforms depicted by Jack Lennigan, Tiny McCale, Lorna Thomas, Willy Billabong and Bruce Wungunien could only be recognised by flying over them, yet these people were creating these images well before outback air services."

The exhibition from Yarliyil artist collective has been hosted free of charge at the gallery.

All proceeds of sales will go to the artists.

Letter, January 20