Doris Gingingara Art for Sale at Auction

b. 1946 - d. 1999

Doris Gingingara (1946 – 1999) created a unique body of work based on her Arnhem Land heritage combined with her detailed observations of the bush and the natural world around her.Doris Gingingara’s preferred method of working was to use a range of ink marker pens on paper. With these she created a rich palette of warm colours and formed intricate patterns made using bands of colour.

Doris Gingingara’s own experience was diverse, growing up in the northern coastal community of Maningrida, then living in Darwin and finally moving to outback Western Australia, after the devastation caused by Cyclone Tracy in Darwin. In all these environments, Doris Gingingara was intrigued by the patterns and detail found in nature, and created her own stories wrapped around what she observed in nature.

The body of work that Doris Gingingara created comprises ink drawings and silkscreen prints that have her own distinctive artistic qualities. Aboriginal art status – Under-rated artist.