Untitled, 2014, Karina Coombes
Acrylic on paper
Provenance: Tiwi Art at Darwin Art Fair, Darwin.
Karina Coombes is the daughter of a Tiwi Island mother and New Zealand father, and was raised on Melville Island. Under the guidance of her mother and grandfather she began her artistic career in the mid-2010s - they were able to provide advice and direction on sharing on her Tiwi heritage in her art. Coombes has since progressed from depicting Jarrikalani and Takaringa, to portraying the various incarnations of the night sky as it appears over the Tiwi Islands (1).