This painting is of boab flowers. Growing up in Jimbalakudunj, during rain season, us girls would go off playing in the bush. At the end of the day we’d come back shirt full of boab flowers. The adults would tell us how to throw them far away from camp because the boab flowers attract lightning.
Name: Anthea Nargoodah
Language: Walmajarri, Nyigina
Community: Jimbalakudunj
Biography:
Anthea comes from a large family of artists and performers. She learnt about country from her mothers and her grandparents, she has two children of her own. Her father Johnny is from Nyikina side, her mother Eva is Walmajarri/Gooniyandi. She is also family for Mr and Mrs Snell, of Kurtal, and niece to Putuparri Tom Lawford, and Ningali Lawford Wolf who has a successful acting career.
All the Waterholes People have been walking between these waterholes visiting the places.In the middle is living water.
Pinti Pinti is a jila (living waterhole).There are white flowers that grow all around this waterhole after the fire comes through.We collect Karlaka (wild honey) from the Kuparnu (grevillea) tree.There is a big jilji (sandhill) Read more…