Little Wallaby Dreaming by Lindsay Bird Mpetyane
Little Wallaby Dreaming by Lindsay Bird Mpetyane
Lindsay Bird Mpetyane c. 1935
Acrylic on canvas
210 x 150cm
Lindsay is an important tribal leader in the Utopia District and is the headman at Mulga Bore Outstation.
Lindsay was the only male to participate in the silk batik project at Utopia in the 1980's. He started painting in 1987 with other men and women of his camp.
Lindsay's paintings are both iconic and linear. He uses traditional symbols with background dotting of ochre yellow, red, black and white, often referencing sacred ceremonial sites where “men’s’ business” is conducted. He is also known for under painting the canvas usually in grey or ochre making his paintings quite distinct. His paintings are in major public and private collections nationally and internationally.
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Art gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Parliament House, Canberra
Kluge-Ruhe Collection, Virginia, USA
Artbank, Sydney
Holmes a Court Collection, Perth