This work is inspired by a Ngarranggarni (Dreaming) story about Goorlabal the Serpent.
In the Ngarranggarni, Goorlabal travelled from One Mile in search of water. He found water in the Springvale River. He rolled on his back in the water because he was over-heated. He turned into stone and is still there today.
Goorlabal protects the waterways near Warmun, and this work shows the waterways entwined with the vertebrae of Goorlabal.
Name: MARLENE JULI
Language: English, Gija, Kimberley Kriol
Biography:
Marlene Juli was born in Kununurra and completed her schooling in Warmun at Ngalangangpum School. Marlene Juli has been painting at the Warmun Art Centre since 1999. Juli was taught to paint by her mother, well-known Warmun artist Mabel Juli. Marlene Juli paints many of the stories and landscapes of her maternal grandfather's country - Springvale Station (southwest of the Warmun community). Marlene's father was from Port Keats in the Northern Territory and she paints some of his country and Dreamtime stories. For a young person who has not lived in her family's traditional lands, Juli has a strong knowledge of the Ngarranggarni (Dreaming) stories of her grandfather's and mother's country. This is because she has visited these important places with her mother and has been told the stories associated with her family's country.
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