In this painting Dorothy has painted two emus and their chicks eating quandongs or native peach (red dots) from the quandong tree. The birds in the sky have quandongs in their beaks as they also enjoy eating the fruit. Quandongs were a traditionally a significant food source for Yarnangu in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands.
Name: Prudence Scott
Language: Ngaanyatjarra
Community: Mantamaru (Jameson)
Biography:
Watching Prudence paint is like listening to stories from long ago. Her narrative-rich and figurative works are charming and intriguing. They denote the stories that Prudence has listened to over the years from elders and community. She now shares these through her art and brings to life the characters and settings with strong painterly work. Common stories you will see surround the two boys who turned into the large proud Rocks that now look over Blackstone, the night sky and the sand hills, the hunters and the deep rock holes frequented by community.
She is a strong and beautiful woman who works with the kids from Jameson community running hip hop and dance classes. Her work is equally as strong and carries with it invaluable cultural stories from her mothers and fathers land.
Re painting currently ‘Kungkarrangkalpa’ (The Seven Sisters or Pleaides) is significant Tjukurrpa (dreamtime). Its origins you may be familiar with in astronomy and its connection to ‘Wati Nyiru’ (Magic Man or Orion). The roots of Read more…
Status: Stock Locally collected painted tatu/gumnut, ininti seed or quondong seed, pieced with a hot poker.