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Kwerlpe Tjukurrpa

This painting is about a Arrernte Wati [man] meeting an Arrernte mother and her daughters. The mother asks the Wati if he wants to marry her daughters because they are the right skin for each other. But that Wati said ‘I can’t – they are too young for me!’ and he said ‘I want you! You are light skinned!’ That was really interesting to him. But she said ‘I’m the wrong skin for you!’ She said ‘I can’t!’  So that Wati left her and her daughters in peace and he travelled on. This site is at Kwerlpe, James Range. That’s my Dreaming. 

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Tjintjantji to Murinji

This painting shows a snake travelling from Tjitjantji to Murinji. Tjitjantji (concentric circle at the tail of the snake) is west of Kintore and there is a big hole there, lots of zebra finches and its in the desert on the other side of the snake. Murinji (the concentric circle at the head of the snake) is to the west of Haast Bluff.

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Ngambi (limestone spearheads)

This painting illustrates elements from the Wagilag Sisters’ Creation story.  Ngambi are the stone spear heads that the sisters collected at Ngilipitji on their way to Mirarrmina.

The Wagilag Sisters’ Story is primarily an account of how in the distant past the two Wagilag Sisters came out of the southern interior and came across the countryside to the Liyagalawumirr waterhole at Mirarrmina. There the younger sister profaned the pool of the great Python by accidently allowing her  blood to fall into the waterhole. Because of this the women and the children were swallowed by the Olive Python, Wititj, along with all the water from the waterhole. The other snakes heard about this and demanded Wititj spit out the sisters. Wititj vomited the women out, along with the water, creating the first monsoon rains.

By CompNet Systems, ago

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Dog Dreaming, Mt Charlotte

Dog Dreaming, Mt Charlotte down near Titjikala. The Hugh River runs through there. The circles are the waterholes in the middle of the riverbed. The river is really wide, but usually all dry on top, except for these special waterhole and the rocks and flowers. All the boulders are Papa (Dogs aka Dingoes) and their puppies. Big mob of them there. Stranger can’t come near, or Papa grab them. They got to throw stone into water. Got to sing out first, and then they can swim. If they don’t, Papa take them. Papa protect that place. It belongs to him. It’s very special place for families, who sit down and picnic, swim, and play along the banks of the river. The sand dune at the base of Mt Charlotte and the big and small boulders are all part of that Dreaming. It’s beautiful.

By CompNet Systems, ago

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Yalpirakinu

Yalpirakinu is Adrian’s mother’s country. Adrian’s mother is the late Eunice Napangardi, a well known painter herself. His artworks consistently refer to the desert mountains, ridges and trees which are part of Yalpirakinu. Using a restricted colour palette, Adrian’s  brushwork is loaded with energy, drama and memories. He is a deliberate and thoughtful painter; reworking, pushing and pulling the image to completion.

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Family in Yalpirakinu

Yalpirakinu is Adrian’s mother’s country. Adrian’s mother is the late Eunice Napangardi, a well known painter herself. His artworks consistently refer to the desert mountains, ridges and trees which are part of Yalpirakinu. Using a restricted colour palette, Adrian’s brushwork is loaded with energy, drama and memories. In this painting Adrian has drawn from his memory to portray his family in Yalpirakinu.

By CompNet Systems, ago

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Yalpirakinu

Yalpirakinu is Adrian’s mother’s country. Adrian’s mother is the late Eunice Napangardi, a well known painter herself. His artworks consistently refer to the desert mountains, ridges and trees which are part of Yalpirakinu. Using a restricted colour palette, Adrian’s  brushwork is loaded with energy, drama and memories. He is a deliberate and thoughtful painter; reworking, pushing and pulling the image to completion.

By CompNet Systems, ago

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Swimming at Haasts Bluff

This is a memory from Doris’s past. Doris talks of the times when she was a young girl in the bush, swimming and hunting with her friends at Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff). She talks of sand hills where the young people would wander naked looking for water, “chasing” the water until they found a water hole. The young men and women would swim together and make love by the water hole. Eventually, Doris explains, the young people fall in love and are married. Doris is remembering the traditional tools and weapons that were used by her and her friends in the bush. Doris depicts Kali (boomerang), wana (digging stick), puli (grinding stone), kutitji (shield), kulata (spear) and kantikanti (hitting stick).

By CompNet Systems, ago