178-24UA, Umoona Arts, Acrylic on Belgian Linen, 90 x 120cm
Charmaine is a young and emerging artist based in the Umoona community, Coober Pedy. She began painting at Umoona Arts in September 2021. In her paintings, Charmaine depicts the rockholes, important landmarks, shapes, and designs of her country.
Umoona Arts is located in the Umoona Community, Coober Pedy, in the north of South Australia. Established in 2020, Umoona Arts joins neighbouring art centres on the APY Lands, with the central aim of building capacity for sustainable employment pathways through the art centre. Community members have begun working with passion and focus. There is a collective spirit of ambition and drive, as the long-held dream of owning and operating their own art centre is finally becoming a reality.
Umoona Community is diverse, with artists from different language groups across the central desert working alongside those who have always called Umoona and Coober Pedy home. Artists embrace a variety of mediums, including acrylic paint on linen, punu (woodwork), carving, tjanpi (fibre weaving), and ceramics. Their works demonstrate a diversity of styles alongside vibrant use of colour and energetic mark-making.
