Bush Hen Dreaming 1998

Abie Loy Kemarre made Bush Hen Dreaming with paint, building it dot by dot in a meditative process that’s totally absorbing. The monochrome palette emphasizes texture and pattern, the real stars of the show. Up close, the surface dances with tiny marks. Look at the way the light catches those dots, creating a shimmering effect. It's not just about representation; it's about the physicality of the paint, the way it sits on the canvas, the rhythm of the hand that applied it. See how the dot work expands into lines which in turn construct new shapes in the negative space? This reminds me a little of Agnes Martin, in the way she builds her worlds out of simple marks, repeating them with such dedication that they become something more.