Leanne Black

Leanne is an emerging artist from Peppimenarti (NT), working mainly in screen printing. Like many artists from this region, she references durrmu (dot body painting) designs in her work.

Black and white portrait of an Indigenous woman with a textured background.

Leanne Black. Photo: Durrmu Arts.

Leanne’s design for our Durrmu Collection is called Durrmu (LB). Durrmu (LB) represents traditional body painting designs applied to male and female faces and torsos for ceremonial dance. The dots are referred to as durrmu - which also means painting.

Interior with close up of two ottomans with patterned fabric featuring First Nations designs with colours of blue and green against white background

[L-R] Durrmu (LB) in ‘Ripple’ and ‘Lotus’, from the Durrmu Collection. Photo: Martina Gemmola.

Palm leaves on patterned carpet.

Merrepen (sand-palm). Photo: Timothy Hillier.

Interior with office chair pods with patterned fabric featuring First Nations designs with colours of pink, plum and brown against a pale pink wall.

Durrmu (LB) in ‘Geo’ and Durrmu (KK) in ‘Berry’ from the Durrmu Collection. Photo: Martina Gemmola.

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