Click to enlargeQueenie Nakarra McKenzie
c.1915 – 1998
- Region
- Kimberley
- Community
- Warmun (Turkey Creek)
- Language group
- Gija (Kija, Gidja, Kitja)
Three Wise Men, 1995
natural earth pigments with binders on canvas
120 x 128 cm
- Provenance
- Field Collected, WA
Neil McLeod Fine Arts, Dandenong, Vic
Private Collection Vic
- Artwork story
- Queenie was commissioned to paint a series of works about God and her experiences with the missionaries at Warmun. She was involved with the missionaries for many years but also retained her own cultural beliefs.
This work shows her depiction of the Three Wise Men and baby Jesus.