Owl 1996

HERMANNSBURG POTTERS - Pottery workshop
NAMATJIRA, Elaine - Potter

Artwork Owl this artwork made of Earthenware, hand-built terracotta clay with underglaze colours and synthetic polymer paint, created in 1996-01-01

Accession No.: 1996.177a-b
Date Created: 1996
Gallery location: Not on public display
Department: Indigenous Australian Art
Dimensions A: 26 x 37cm (diam.) (complete); pot: 25 x 37cm (diam.); lid: 2 x 9cm (diam.)
Media Category: Ceramic
Secondary Media Category: earthenware
Medium: Earthenware, hand-built terracotta clay with underglaze colours and synthetic polymer paint
Place Created: Hermannsburg, NT
Credit Line: Purchased 1996 with funds from the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation

This pot displays Elaine Namatjira’s painterly skills and traditional brushwork learned from her experience as a watercolourist in the tradition of her grandfather Albert. The owl is shown in mid flight around the Hermannsburg area, gliding over the vast open landscape in search of small marsupials and lizards.

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