Shirley Macnamara: Dyinala, Nganinya Subject / Craft & Creativity From the stealthy orcas that

From the stealthy orcas that traverse the seas

Ian Collins

rituals of exchange and warfare in the Solomon Islands

Born in 1891 in Scotland

including Composition

Shirley Macnamara: Dyinala, Nganinya Subject / Craft & Creativity From the stealthy orcas thatShirley Macnamara is a mid career Indigenous artist whose sculptures made from spinifex grass are an expression of the western Queensland country where she lives and works. Macnamara has family connections throughout Spinifex Country, a region named for the hardy, stringy grass that covers its rich soil, and she distils her rich and complex life experiences into sculptures that are not only contemporary but also honour cultural resonances from the