Faith Butler
Artwork title: Warlartu
Medium: Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Size: 171 x 147 cm
About the Artwork
The women are travelling at the salt lake near Tjukurla called Warlartu. Here they stop and perform Inma (ceremony involving singing and dancing) at night by the campfire. The ancestors spirits are still there. Faith’s spirituality is a deep and essential part of her, and she is a significant dancer for Inma, women’s ceremonies. This cultural knowledge is embedded in her practice, and she often sings songs from her country while working and takes every opportunity to return to country and spend time painting and conducting ceremonies in the bush.
About the Artist
Faith Butler’s spirituality is a deep and essential part of her, and she is a significant dancer for Inma, women’s ceremonies. This cultural knowledge is embedded in her practice, and she often sings songs from her country while working and takes every opportunity to return to country and spend time painting and conducting ceremonies in the bush. In this painting Faith has depicted Warlartu. The women are travelling at the salt lake near Tjukurla called Warlartu. Here they stop and perform Inma (ceremony involving singing and dancing) at night by the campfire. The ancestors spirits are still there.