Bush Hen Dreaming 1998

Abie Loy Kemarre painted this image called 'Bush Hen Dreaming' with fine strokes and dots. The process feels rhythmic, almost meditative, like a visual song. Looking at the surface, it's a tapestry of tiny marks. Each dot seems deliberately placed, creating patterns that ripple and flow. The colors are earthy, with hints of blues and reds peeking through, like secrets hidden in the landscape. There’s a central pink dot; imagine that as the piece’s still, beating heart. Everything else expands outward from that, as if drawn to the center. It’s like a dance across the canvas, a conversation between the artist and the spirit of the land. This kind of mark making reminds me of Agnes Martin, although the energy is different. With Agnes Martin, it feels like restraint, and here, like endlessness.