Collection: Fiona Pwerl Corbett

Fiona Corbett is an Alyawarr speaker living in Owairtilla (Canteen Creek). She was inspired to try art-making when visiting Utopia as a health-worker and spending time with the well-known painters there who explained how they worked. She has experimented with batik on silk and drawing with charcoal but primarily prefers to paint bush foods and flowers with acrylic on canvas. She works in a careful and highly detailed manner, choosing a subdued palette highlighted by occasional pops of colour, to portray the bush plants which grow around Owairtilla.