Click to enlargeQueenie Nakarra McKenzie
c.1915 – 1998
- Region
- Kimberley
- Community
- Warmun (Turkey Creek)
- Language group
- Gija (Kija, Gidja, Kitja)
God Man, 1995
natural earth pigments with binders on canvas
72 x 60 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 is her depiction of God.