-
Father And Son, 2015
$345.00 Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists -
Conway And My Cousin Brother Nevil Andrew Goin To Docker River, 2016
$675.00 Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists -
Goin’ Back To Community, 2014
$625.00 Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists -
They Goin’ In Plane On Holiday. That One Lookin’ Round, Mustering Cattle, 2023
$775.00 Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists -
All Those People Goin’ Ballooning, 2022
$1,585.00 Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists -
Two Donkey Going For Water Near Outstation. They Seen That Camel Drinkin’ – Goanna Lookin’ At Camel. Donkey Come From Out Bush., 2023
$645.00 Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists -
Untitled, 2010
$750.00 Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists -
Crow Watchin’ Countryside, Camel Walkin’ To The Water, 2017
$670.00 Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists -
White Fellas Workin’ At Jay Creek Community, 2018
$435.00 Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists -
Emu Runnin’ To Water And People On Balloon Lookin’ At ‘Im, 2018
$695.00 Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists -
Man Showin’ His Country Side, 2019
$635.00 Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists -
Camel Looking For Water At Docker River Side, 2021
$1,675.00 Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists -
West Of Jay Creek, 2022
$720.00 Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists -
Bus Driver And All The People Scared For The Snake Goin’ On The Road, 2018
$1,575.00 Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists -
sold
Family Comin’ To Visit Me At Jay Creek Community, 2015
$700.00 Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists -
sold
Friends Goin’to Town And Family Goin’ To Community, 2015
$335.00 Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists
Billy Kenda
Bindi Mwerre Anthurre ArtistsBilly started painting in the Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artist Studio in 2004. He primarily paints his Mother’s country, Jay Creek, in the West Macdonnell Ranges, creating landscapes where the various textures and patterns of rocks and flora play against each other. Billy’s ability to evoke the beauty of the Central Desert in his paintings demonstrates his strong connection to the land.
Billy speaks about the history of painting in his family:
“My grandfather been telling me to paint. Long time ago, he painted. He been teaching me about painting when I was a young boy. He liked to paint countryside. Bill Okai… My mother, Mona Okai, she was painting, she painted anything, she painted dot work. She been pass away, long time ago.”
Billy’s graphic style of painting has a sense of calm and balance within. Drawing inspiration from the increasing population and traffic within the Central Desert Region, Billy started adding trucks and cars to his textured landscapes in 2008. Soon after followed aeroplanes, helicopters and even the odd flying saucer, adding to the playful nature of his work. Interacting with these subjects are the animals that have always been there- the kangaroos, the emus, the lizards, the eagles. They look on from a perch on a rock or from the shade of a tree; they flee from oncoming traffic. They function as observers and survivors of this changing place.
“I always see lotta cars, at Jay Creek, Hermannsburg road… That’s what I’m thinking about. I think about all them cars. I seen all them tourists driving through to Standley Chasm; stop out there, see them kangaroos- long time ago.”
More recently Billy has been depicting scenes of remote communities and town camps, as the scope of his work continues to expand to encompass all things unique to Central Australia.