June Peters is an artist whose works are avidly collected by serious buyers. She is extremely talented, traditional, with individual style and a fresh approach. She is an established Artist consistently executing attractive and important works, which are sure to value up immensely as her career continues. Her knowledge of the country, combined with a fabulous appreciation of the colours of the Kimberley result in desirable artworks rapidly increasing in demand.
FLYING FOX DREAMING
ARTIST: June Peters
BORN: Texas Downs Station, 1962
LANGUAGE: Kitja
TITLE: Flying Fox Dreaming
MEDIUM: Ochre on Canvas (Stretched, Ready To Hang)
DIMENSION: 50cm x 60cm
EXECUTED: 2009
ARTIST’S DESCRIPTION
This is Lansdowne Country area in the East Kimberley, to the south of Turkey Creek – I have painted the full moon looking down on the Lansdowne River that runs through the Whataguttabe Community. High mountains all around this place – very rough roads to get into the community but just beautiful and worth the trip. The community is right on the river which runs all year round. And at full moon you look up and see all the flying foxes going home after eating round about at dusk time. They come out as the sun is setting to eat the fruit off all the trees around the community and then when night comes, they go back to their country further north.
ARTIST PROFILE
June was born on Texas Downs Station in 1962. She has lost both her mother and father however Madigan Thomas (Senior ochre artist) and husband Sandy Thomas, a Traditional Elder, brought her up and treat her like a daughter.
She lives in Kununurra, has eight children and visits her relatives at Warmun frequently.
She was from an early age taught painting by the best of our famous first generation ochre artists, including Jack Britten (dcd), Madigan Thomas and Lena Nyadbi. These Elders devoted their lives to teaching youngsters culture, Traditional Dreamtime stories and ochre painting technique. June is the niece of our most famous ochre artist, Rover Thomas. June’s mother was one of five sisters (Rita being Rover’s wife) and every one of these women, all from Texas Downs Station, have produced highly talented artists. June’s eldest daughter Deanne is following in her mother’s footsteps and is an accomplished artist.
June has an extended family, and through her mother, father, aunties and uncles, is able to paint the huge expanse of Kitja land, including Purnululu (Bungles) and Doon Doon. This gives the artist a wonderful content for her works, and June is fastidious about the Kitja Dreaming Stories represented in her paintings. She travels extensively in her country, and paints with precision and authenticity.
June paints both in the typical Warmun style (thick, crusty ochre), as well as fine, detailed works in minimal palette. She is the only artist we know who has completed collaborative works with the highly sought after artist Tommy Carroll – June’s detailed style combined with Tommy’s balanced, minimal imaging resulted in magic paintings.
June’s work has been quickly noticed and purchased by astute collectors and high profile art galleries – she has a promising future and her paintings now hang with the best of her famous relatives, within Australia and Internationally.
Profile courtesy of Aboriginal Art Shop
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
- This painting is accompanied by a Gallery Certificate of Authenticity
Artlandish Aboriginal Art ~ ABN 88 135 783 765
Copyright for Artwork, Images and text remains with the Artist and Artlandish Pty Ltd and may not be reproduced without permission.
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