Dingkarri 2006

Sally Gabori made this painting, Dingkarri, with bright colours laid down in big swipes. I can see the painting being built up, colour by colour, each block bumping into the next. It’s so satisfying when painting starts to come together, like things suddenly click into place. I can almost feel her excitement as these shapes began to emerge and come alive. The way Gabori put the paint on is really interesting. You can see the marks of the brush, all those little ridges and textures. These aren’t polite paintings; they are raw and full of energy. I think about all the artists who came before, like the Abstract Expressionists and Colour Field painters, and how they pushed the boundaries of what painting could be. Gabori is part of that lineage, adding her own voice to the conversation. Painting is an embodied expression, always in conversation, across time. There's always something new to discover.