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‘I never bin paintin’ before, but I sit watchin’ Rover [Thomas] make paintings and I reckon, Queenie can do that, too. So I go back to camp, get cardboard, get ochre, grind ’m up and make paint, red, yellow, white, black, pink, and I make painting. First time. I show Rover and he say ‘This good painting, Auntie. Keep paintin’.' – Queenie McKenzie in an interview with Janet Hawley, Good Weekend, 24 January, 1998.

Queenie McKenzie
One of the most prominent artists of the Warmun (Turkey Creek) community, Queenie McKenzie (Gija people) was the first woman to begin painting in her community when she began her practice in 1987. Her works visualise cultural knowledge of sacred landscapes and depict her experience working on the remote cattle stations of the East Kimberley. As a senior figure in Gija women’s law and ceremony, McKenzie was a strong leader and negotiator for her community. Her works are held in major collections nationally.