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Emily Andy Janmarda

In this painting Emily has depicted designs associated with the Janmarda Tjukurrpa (Onion Dreaming) site of Karrinyarra (Central Mt Wedge). Karinyarra is two hours drive North West of the remote Aboriginal community of Papunya, Northern Territory, where there is a large salt lake and sacred spring. At certain times of year the surrounds become covered with bush onion grass creating a creamy texture across the landscape. Women dig at the grass to find the bush onion that grows at the roots. The bush onions are gathered and cooked on the coals of the fire. Once they are cool enough to be held they are rubbed between the hands so that the outer shell comes away revealing the lovely sweet small onion underneath.

Name: Emily Andy Napaltjarri


Language: Luritja


Community: Papunya


Biography:

Emily was born out bush near Papunya in 1953, daughter of Entalura Nangala, a recognised artist who painted with Warumpi Arts and wife of Don Tjungurrayi, one of the early renowned Western Desert painters. Emily learnt to paint from her mother, is a respected elder in the community and is the custodian of a number of women’s Dreaming stories. 

Emily paints designs associated with the Janmarda Tjukurrpa (Onion Dreaming) site of Karrinyarra (Central Mt Wedge), which is North West of Papunya and features a large salt lake and sacred spring. She often uses intricate dotting in combination with careful line work to represent the landscape in her works. Her mother's Dreaming is the Honey Ant Ancestors from Ilpili, west of Papunya and her father's Dreaming is associated with the Liru or Snake Ancestors.

Her works have been exhibited widely throughout Australia and internationally.


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