Kuwaritja

A Collection of Fine Tjungu Palya Indigenous Art

Kuwaritja

A Collection of Fine Tjungu Palya Indigenous Art

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by BERYL JIMMY of Tjungu Palya Artists. The title is Nyangatja Watarru. [18-011] (Synthetic Acrylic Polymer Paint on Linen) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by BERYL JIMMY of Tjungu Palya Artists. The title is Nyangatja Watarru. [18-011] (Synthetic Acrylic Polymer Paint on Linen)
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BERYL JIMMY

Nyangatja Watarru
18-011 (2011)
Synthetic Acrylic Polymer Paint on Linen
 Nyangatja Watarru | 18-011
Synthetic Acrylic Polymer Paint on …
 180 x 196cm | 70.87 x 77.17in
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Nyangatja Watarru (this is a place called Watarru). Watarru is my home. This is Anangu Tjuta (many Anangu (people)). Anangu Tjuta are moving around, moving between waterholes and creeks, and looking for food. They go out in the daytime, looking around that country, looking through the bush. They look for food and bring what they find back to the kids at the camp. When the water finishes at one place, they move on to the next waterhole. If there’s no water, they keep walking until they find something. Knowing where to find the water is special knowledge. There is water in a lot of unlikely places. There are creeks, waterholes, rockholes, soakages and springs. Kapi Wiru (good water).

Nyangatja Watarru (this is a place called Watarru). Watarru is my home. This is Anangu Tjuta (many Anangu (people)). Anangu Tjuta are moving around, moving between waterholes and creeks, and looking for food. They go out in the daytime, looking around that country, looking through the bush. They look for food and bring what they find back to the kids at the camp. When the water finishes at one place, they move on to the next waterhole. If there’s no water, they keep walking until they find...