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: Diedre Misha Mclean
Language: Ngaatjatjarra
Community: Mantamaru (Jameson)
Biography:
Kungkarrangkalpa (Seven Sisters) ‘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…
Lukarrara Tjukurrpa In this artwork Margie has painted Lukarrara Tjukurrpa (Desert Fringe Rush Seed Dreaming). This Tjukurrpa comes from a place north of Yuendumu in the Northern Territory where Margie is from.
Fathers designs (R. Jackson) This painting shows the design of her father Reggie Jackson’s male Tjara (shields). The shapes move across the canvas and then down again — the way Reggie always marked them. “This Read more…