Nita Ferguson – Desert Flowers at the Saltpan by Nita Ferguson

Description

Artist: Nita Ferguson

Cat#: 4-25

Size and medium: 67 x 46 cm Painting

Title: Nita Ferguson – Desert Flowers at the Saltpan

“I’m trying to make it so people see more than a pretty picture with nice colours……I want them to see the salt pans I love and to see them from above, to rise up and look down….It’s a landscape of salt pan, lakes’, hills and the land around them after a big rain when all the flowers come up. This is part of the desert country that I really love. This painting goes all the way through my country, the place where I was born, places where I lived and worked with my family.  Many people don’t like the desert country, Its very big, hot and dry…I think its beautiful”. 

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Nita Ferguson was born in the bush near Kulgera. She spent her childhood with her family on Erldunda, Kulgera and Henberry Stations where her father worked as a stockman and her mother a housemaid in the homestead.

Nita is a Director of Tapatjatjaka Art Centre and held the position of Chairperson for 12 years.