Kwartatuma (Ormiston Gorge), NT

$1,500.00

The water is so good and it is lovely to swim. The view is spectacular and beautiful. This is my country.

I am eager to learn new skills as a watercolourist and continue this process whenever I can. When I complete a watercolour painting I feel very proud about my work. The country I paint is important to me because it’s my father’s country

Kathy Inkamala was born in Ntaria (at the Hermannsburg mission) and now lives in Mparntwe (Alice Springs).  When Kathy was a child, she used to watch her father Clifford Inkamala, a successful artist, paint landscape watercolours. Kathy’s mother was a craftswoman. She sewed, crocheted, and created placemats from native bean seeds for decoration. Kathy decided when she was younger that she would like to continue this artistic tradition. In 2017 Kathy obtained a certificate 4 in visual art from the Batchelor institute and the following year she received the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award for Works on Paper. Kathy’s grandmother is Albert Namatjira’s sister, and Dellina Inkamala, who also paints at Iltja Ntjarra art centre is Kathy’s niece.