Artwork: Pedirka Triptych 2011
Artist: Jenni Kemarre Martiniello OAM
Medium: kiln fused glass panels
Dimensions: 3 @ 61 x 36cm
Acquisition: An acquisition of the ACT Legislative Assembly Art Advisory Committee, 2012
Asset no: OLA002175
About the Work
The Pedirka Desert in the far north of South Australia has a special significance for the artist. This is the country that Martiniello’s grandmother walked when she was a girl with her grandmothers for women’s business. In this, Australia’s smallest desert, the deep red sands are offset by the soft green of the mulga that grows on low sand dunes.
About the Artist
Jenni Kemarre Martiniello graduated from the ANU School of Art in 1985. She had come to Canberra through the Defence services. She works in a range of media including: textiles, screen-printing, acrylics, photographer, poetry and short stories. Similar themes run through her practice in these diverse media.