Kitty Kantilla

  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter)
Tiwi sculptor and painter, Yimpinari, Melville Island, began painting barks when her former art of carving in ironwood had become too physically demanding, then moved to painting in acrylic on canvas.

Citations

  • Bennett, James (1993), 'Narrative and Decoration in Tiwi Painting; Tiwi Representations of the Purukuparli Story’, Art Bulletin of Victoria, no.33, pp.39-47, writer is co-ordinator of Jilamara Arts and Crafts, Milikapiti, Melville Island.

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