Mina Mina is a salt lake place between Nyrrapi and Kunatjarryi. It is snake country. A place full of lightning and thunder. The language of the country is Yanama, and if you speak a different language the snakes will eat you. The white dot represents the dried salt.
Name: Flora Brown
Community: Papunya
Biography:
Flora was born in and grew up in Yuendumu. She married Dicky Brown in 1975 and had 4 children. Flora left Yuendumu in 1993 and came to Papunya where she painted for Warumpi Arts for almost 10 years. Flora learnt to paint from her Mother Minnie Napanangka who painted at Balgo. Flora lives with her son Matthew Brown and his wife Makisha Anderson at Three Mile Outstation near Papunya and looks after her grand daughter Imogen. Flora's paintings are highly saught after for their delicate dotting and simple yet fine compositions.
Anangu Tjuta at Nyunmanu & Papa Tjukurrpa This work is about both a memory Doris has and a Tjukurrpa (dreaming) story, of a place called Nyunmanu. Doris lived here for many years. The memory is ‘Anangu tjuta Read more…
Kalipinypa The painting depicts designs associated with Kapi Tjukurrpa (Water Dreaming) at Kalipinypa a site northwest of Sandy Blight Junction, Western Australia.The Tjukurrpa tells of an important rain making ceremony to invoke the elements. It Read more…
