Rosella Namok 2015
Gallery 1
28 August – 30 September 2015
 Rosella Namok | Late Night FishingSold |  Rosella Namok | Unchii Tree – Paper Bark TreeSold |  Rosella Namok | Waves out at Sea – Palm CoveSold |  Rosella Namok | My Two Sons – My Pride and JoySold |  Rosella Namok | Big Waves out at SeaSold |  Rosella Namok | Low Tide – Marks in the SandSold |  Rosella Namok | Bright CouplesSold |  Rosella Namok | Moon and Stars at NightSold |  Rosella Namok | Stinging Rain – Late AfternoonSold |  Rosella Namok | Stinging Rain – Out at SeaSold |  Rosella Namok | Patterns in the SandSold |  Rosella Namok | Open Seas – Stinging RainSold |  Rosella Namok | Spitting Rain – Ya ComeSold |  Rosella Namok | Big WavesSold |  Rosella Namok | Full MoonSold |  Rosella Namok | Salmon Season – Shower RainSold |  Rosella Namok | Red CedarSold |  Rosella Namok | Moon and StarsSold |  Rosella Namok | Stinging Rain – Ya Fall DownSold |  Rosella Namok | Low Tide – Marks in the SandSold |  Rosella Namok | Travelling Up the CapeSold |  Rosella Namok | Claudie Mouth Low TideSold |  Rosella Namok | Stinging Rain – Late AfternoonSold |  Rosella Namok | Stinging Rain – Salmon SeasonSold |  Rosella Namok | Pouring DownSold |  Rosella Namok | Stinging Rain – Night Time FishingSold |  Rosella Namok | Low Tide – Marks in the Sand |  Rosella Namok | Sand Marks – Low Tide |
Rosella Namok returns to Japingka Gallery with a new exhibition focused on the coastal lifestyle of tropical north Queensland, with her Monsoon Rain series. The artist will attend the opning on 28 August. Rosella Namok established her name in the art world during the 1990s, exhibiting as part of the Lockhart River Art Gang, a group of young and enthusiastic artists working out of Cape York. These emerging Aboriginal artists created paintings using contemporary techniques while maintaining a connection with traditional story-telling and cultural narratives.
Rosella Namok has captured the mood and beauty of northern Queensland wet season, with the tropical rainstorms coming in off the ocean. Here paintings read as landscapes, with rich bands of colour sweeping across the picture plane. The delicacy of the falling rain breaks up the pictures and creates a tension of colour and texture. The artist produces a light show that conjours up different times of day, which moves from reds and oranges through to blues, purples and greens. Rosella Namok’s exhibition runs from 28 August until 30 September 2015 at Japingka Gallery.