I was a stockman for a long time, we were all working really hard. I was riding in front mustering bullocks and breaking horses. I did lots of jobs at the station too, but always riding, doing stock work out in the country. We’ve been teaching people the stories we have, and about our culture, and knowledge from our stockmen days – about riding horses and country. Sometimes we think who’s going to run this place when we go away? They need to learn the lessons about country, and be strong to look after this place. I’m thinking when I making my paintings, how to make him a good painting, a strong one. Sometimes I’m thinking about the colours, sometimes I’m just thinking from my memory all the country I’ve been at, all the stories I have.
During the 1990s, Whiskey Tjukangku and Alec Baker became the first ‘art men’ of Iwantja, a community arts organization that had, up until that time, focused on craft-based activities. The centre soon became known for its printmaking through Tjukangku and Baker’s innovative linocuts.
I was a stockman for a long time, we were all working really hard. I was riding in front mustering bullocks and breaking horses. I did lots of jobs at the station too, but always riding, doing stock work out in the country. We’ve been teaching people the stories we have, and about our culture, and knowledge from our stockmen days – about riding horses and country. Sometimes we think who’s going to run this place when we go away? They need to learn the lessons about country, and be strong to look after this place. I’m thinking when I making my paintings, how to make him a good painting, a strong one. Sometimes I’m thinking about the colours, sometimes I’m just thinking from my memory all the country I’ve been at, all the stories I have.
During the 1990s, Whiskey Tjukangku and Alec Baker became the first ‘art men’ of Iwantja, a community arts organization that had, up until that time, focused on craft-based activities. The centre soon became known for its printmaking through Tjukangku and Baker’s innovative linocuts.