Two things – tree roots used for bush medicine with flowers in the background. Mangarri is a kind of Bush Medicine. The plant roots are gathered, ground up and boiled in water. This is used on the skin. You don’t eat this one. Also, the painting has seeds used to make a necklace. The seeds are decorated with a hot wire from the fire. Women make necklaces for decoration and ceremony.
Name: Lynette Nungarrayi Corby
Language: Warlpiri, Luritja
Community: Alice Springs
Biography:
Lynette was born at Haasts Bluff. Her mother Narlie and her mother's sister Maggie Corby are both artists, and daughters of renowned Papunya Tula artist Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula. The women in this family have painted together all of their lives. Maggie now resides in Alice Springs and paints with Tangentyere Artists.
Lynette also paints with Papunya Tjupi, when she lives in Papunya Community. However, when she comes to town to stay with family, she paints with Tangentyere Artists.
Lynette has also lived in Mt Liebig Community in the past, and at 16 Mile Outstation north of Alice Springs, painting in each of these locations.
Today she prefers to live with close to family in Papunya, or in Alice Springs.
In 2003 Lynette was chosen for the 20th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award Survey Exhibition. The painting “Women’s Law and Culture Meeting at Mount Liebig” is now in the collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Fire Crackers, Territory Day “Territory day when it was raining, this year. Fun night, we got the car and drove out Larapinta side, let the kids out to see them crackers, family night. The kids Read more…
Mary and Joseph approaching Bethlehem. Mary and Joseph traveling to Bethlehem for the census. Bethlehem was also known as the City of David and Joseph was a descendant of David.