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Little Queen Bird

$1,100.00

Rhonda Sharpe
handpainted stoneware, recycled woollen blanket, embellished with wool and cotton
41 x 28 x 25 cm
Yarrenyty Arltere Artists
YRR06-25

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Little Queen Bird- Queen of the Desert. She was feeling a bit lonely because she couldn’t find her family. Looking looking for them everywhere. But she was a bit happy too because she is dressed up looking really pretty like a Queen. That bird was half way between feeling happy and sad, between lonely and feeling really pretty, that Little Queen Bird. 

Rhonda Sharpe was born in Mparntwe (Alice Springs). She lived sometimes at Kwale Kwale and sometimes at Trucking Yards Town Camp where she went to Yipirinya School. Rhonda discovered her interest and passion for making soft sculptures when she followed her aunty Dulcie Sharpe into the Yarrenyty Arltere art room one day. From initially watching and learning from the other artists around her, Rhonda has over the years developed her skills, style and subject matter to reflect her own personal journey – from delicate stitched creatures to figures that depict profoundly honest personal stories full of deep self-reflection. 

Desert Mob is presented annually in Mparntwe | Alice Springs on Arrernte Country.

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