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Gertie began to paint on canvas in 1992. Her first works were representational showing
mainly trees and flowers and as the years have passed they have become wonderfully
abstracted. Her use of colour is signature Ngukurr but stylistically her work is
unmistakably Gertie.
Gertie and her sisters attended school at the Ngukurr mission where they worked during
the day , gardening and looking after the mission grounds and the animals. Her love of
gardening is reflected in her paintings.
Although the work is untitled the flowing lines are strongly suggestive of the hills in her
country and the colour would come from the bush flowers.
