Tjukupa Kutjara - Kiritji, Yankaltjunku (Two Stories)

A Collection of Fine Warakurna Indigenous Art


Tjukupa Kutjara - Kiritji, Yankaltjunku (Two Stories)

A Collection of Fine Warakurna Indigenous Art


NYUNGAWARRA WARD

Yankuntjuntju
320-22 (2022)
Acrylic on Linen
Yankuntjuntju | 320-22
Acrylic on Linen
152 x 152cm | 59.84 x 59.84in
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I am painting Yankuntjuntju. It is my grandmother’s country, close to Patjarr. There’s a rockhole close. I like to paint my story, my grandfather’s, my grandmother’s. My father’s mother passed away at that rockhole, that is why I’m painting.

My grandmother had two sons, two daughters. [She] passed away right there, rockhole side. I also paint Karrku, that’s my nyal-ku Tjukurrpa, (my dreaming) Porcupine dreaming in that place. I think about these stories and my family when I am painting. Proper story. Painting keeps my family, and these stories close to me.

I am painting Yankuntjuntju. It is my grandmother’s country, close to Patjarr. There’s a rockhole close. I like to paint my story, my grandfather’s, my grandmother’s. My father’s mother passed away at that rockhole, that is why I’m painting.

My grandmother had two sons, two daughters. [She] passed away right there, rockhole side. I also paint Karrku, that’s my nyal-ku Tjukurrpa, (my dreaming) Porcupine dreaming in that place. I think about these stories...