Carbiene McDonald Australian, Pintupi, b. 1961

Carbiene McDonald was born in Papunya in 1961, son of Snowy McDonald. As a youngman, Carbiene travelled back to his father's homelands and inherited his Tjukurrpa (Dreaming).This Tjukurrpa is associated with a series of waterholes running between DockerRiver andKata Tjuta. Specifically, it includes four important sites: Petermann Ranges, Docker River,Kalaya Murrpu (Blood's Range) and Mulyaytinear Kata Tjuta. Carbiene’s work embodies thequality of innovation steeped within tradition, and his pracctce of filling the canvas with colouredsquares of loose acrylic paint creates work of immense depth and sophistication. Having onlytaken up painting later in life, in 2018, his passion for painting coupled with his extremededication and enthusiasm has led him to quickly make a name for himself. Winner of theprestigious Hadley’s Art Prize (2019), and a finalist in the Vincent Lingiari Art Award (2019), hiswork is held in the Art Gallery of NSW Collection, Charles Darwin University Collection and insignificant privatecollections in Australia.