Louise Numina

Louise Numina

Thorny Devil

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 87cm x 112 cm
Year: 2010

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This gorgeous painting by Louise Numina depicts the story of the skin of the “thorny devil” which is referred to by Anmatyerre people as “mountain devil lizard”. The thorny devil (Moloch horridus) is an unnerving but beautifully patterned dragon-like creature with barbs and humps across its back and large, bulging protuberances on its head, camouflaging its eyes. Surviving on small insects, it inhabits the dune areas of the country and can be found across much of the Western Desert. The lizard is said to change colours in the desert as the sun rises and sets and the dew catches upon their skin reflecting the ability of the Mountain Thorny Devil Lizard to change from plain to vivid colours. A very detailed work created by a series of swirls in the alluring colours of yellow, orange, pink and white. It captures a feeling of gentle transition and movement, a very beautiful painting. Like the thorny devil, which has a chameleon-like ability to changes its colour, the paintings of the Numina sisters verge on the spectacular in their colour changes and stylistic variations.

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