GLEN MACKIE | 'Gaynah' | 2024 | Acrylic painting First Nations Itha wara gizul ngadhal mineral

Itha wara gizul ngadhal mineral adhiya

combining organic forms

Undara Paintings represents an important exhibition in the artist’s career

The light wavelengths either cancel each other out or combine and the refracted light is seen as color

Tribe: Dharrba Warra

GLEN MACKIE | 'Gaynah' | 2024 | Acrylic painting First Nations Itha wara gizul ngadhal mineralGlen Mackie (Kei Kalak) is from Iama Yam Island, and his totems are the hammerhead shark and the crocodile. His bold minarr, or infill design style, incorporates family totemic designs as well as his own invented repeating patterns. He retells the myths and stories he inherited from older family members, and credits his artist grandfather for teaching him to carve. Mackie fiercely wants to preserve his culture by retelling the stories of his community