Rover Thomas & Kimberley Ochre Painters
Gallery 1
14 May - 30 June 2021
 Jack Britten | Milliwiny Springs – Alice Downs |  Queenie McKenzie | Bower Bird DreamingSold |  Charlene Carrington | Texas Rockhole |  Freddie Timms | Four Mile Plain – Bow RiverSold |  Rover Thomas | LingurrSold |  Shirlie Purdie | Gnarrwalabine – Shining Rock |  Freddie Timms | Dry Creek Plains- diptychSold |  Rover Thomas | Bedford StationSold |  Charlene Carrington | Gawinji Rockhole – Texas Downs |  Jack Britten | Munjalnariny – Yalatji CountrySold |  Rover Thomas | Wati KutjaraSold |  Nancy Nodea | Bream Gorge – Bungle Bungles |  Rover Thomas | Bedford StationSold |  Freddie Timms | Mule Creek Waterhole – Bow RiverSold |  Jack Britten | Burrup Nyitka – Sunrise over Bungle BunglesSold |  Queenie McKenzie | Dalyuyn CountrySold |  Jack Britten | Munjalawari |  Jack Britten | Boolanji – Fish Hole |  Henry Wambini | Ord JunctionSold |  Freddie Timms | Warabuny GorgeSold |  Shirley Purdie | Violet ValleySold |  Henry Wambini | Hann Springs Country – DowelooSold |  Churchill Cann | Old Texas Way |  Freddie Timms | Brumby Yard – Bow RiverSold |  Shirley Purdie | Bunagany and KinyanySold |  Jack Britten | Goodi-GoodiSold |  Jack Britten | Kinyany – HeronsSold |  Jack Britten | Narranguny HillsSold |  Freddie Timms | Pipe Creek, LissadellSold |  Beerbee Mungnari | Mulugurr Hills – Kildurk StationSold |  Christopher Churchill | Yaranga – Chinamans GardenSold |  Shirley Purdie | Bulanji – McKenzie SpringsSold |
Japingka Gallery presents Rover Thomas & Kimberley Ochre Painters, featuring older works by major East Kimberley artists using ochre pigments. Many of these artists helped set benchmarks for a new generation of painters to appreciate and aspire to.
Major works by Rover Thomas evoke the raw experience of the Kimberley with the artist’s brush strokes and gestures all recorded in layers of ochre paint that are swept over the surface of the boards as he painted. Other leading artists from the time include Queenie McKenzie, Jack Britten, Henry Wambini, Beerbee Mungnari and Freddie Timms.