Alatyite (Spinifex) Dreaming 1995

Emily Kame Kngwarreye made "Alatyite (Spinifex) Dreaming" with earth tones and sky blue. Imagine her hand moving across the canvas, dabbing paint in soft clusters. I wonder if she started with the blue, laying down a ground like memory, and then built up these organic forms with a patient touch. Each mark seems considered, a kind of visual language emerging from the surface. The texture invites you to touch, to feel the grit of the earth embedded in the paint. It reminds me of Cy Twombly’s mark-making, or maybe Joan Mitchell's lyrical abstraction, but Kngwarreye brings something distinctly her own: a deep connection to the land and to the stories it holds. I get the feeling that she isn’t just representing something, but channeling it. Artists, we're all in this big conversation, riffing off each other, building on what came before, and pushing towards something new, something felt. With painting there are no mistakes, just paths, so let’s embrace the unexpected and revel in the endless possibilities of seeing.