Untitled - Lucy Yukenbarri Napanangka

During her lifetime, Lucy Yukenbarri was considered to be one of the most innovative and daring of the Balgo women painters. Laying down fields of intense colour with a thick, painterly texture was a hallmark of her work. Though her brushwork appears to be linear, the bands of colours are actually merged dots that she referred to as ‘kinti kinti’ (close, close). They dry quickly in the intense heat, building a chromatic density that has no time for gentle gradations or blended hues. The result is a rich immediacy of contrast and resonance.