WANKURTA PEANUT FORD / Salt Country

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by WANKURTA PEANUT FORD of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Jilji. [619/12] (Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 280gsm Velin BFK Rives)

Jilji
619/12 (2012)
Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 280gsm Velin BFK Rives
Jilji | 619/12
Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 280gsm Ve…
76 x 112cm | 29.9 x 44.1in

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In the desert we walked from one water hole to the next. We walked through the desert country. The jilji (sandhills) in some places are high and it is hard to see over them. This water was hard to find. The - sandhills made it hard to walk to that water.

Dated 22/10/93 on reverse

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by WANKURTA PEANUT FORD of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Kurrjalparta. [wp176/95] (Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 280gsm Velin BFK Rives)

Kurrjalparta
wp176/95
Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 280gsm Velin BFK Rives
Kurrjalparta | wp176/95
Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 280gsm Ve…
76 x 113cm | 29.9 x 44.5in

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This is my where l was born called Kurrjalparta. My mother died here when l was young. This rocky country has lots of dead trees here.

[Deceased December 1994]

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by WANKURTA PEANUT FORD of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Salt Lake Country. [625/12] (Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 280gsm Velin BFK Rives)

Salt Lake Country
625/12
Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 280gsm Velin BFK Rives
Salt Lake Country | 625/12
Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 280gsm Ve…
76 x 112cm | 29.9 x 44.1in

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This is my country. I was taken from here when I was very young. It is salty, dry country. Nothing lives here now.

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by WANKURTA PEANUT FORD of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Kurrjalparta. [626/12] (Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 280gsm Velin BFK Rives)

Kurrjalparta
626/12
Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 280gsm Velin BFK Rives
Kurrjalparta | 626/12
Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 280gsm Ve…
76 x 113cm | 29.9 x 44.5in

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This is the country where I was born. I left here when I was a baby. My mother died here in this country. It is low very stony country. It is on the Fitzroy Crossing side of the Canning Stock Route.

(Dated 17th August 1996 on reverse. Painted early 1990’s)

Kurrjalparta
629/12
Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 280gsm Velin BFK Rives
Kurrjalparta | 629/12
Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 280gsm Ve…
76 x 112cm | 29.9 x 44.1in

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This is my where l was born called Kurrjalparta. My mother died here when l was young. This rocky country has lots of dead trees here.

On reverse - [Painted 29 July 1992]

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by WANKURTA PEANUT FORD of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Salt Country. [184/12] (Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 280gsm Velin BFK Rives)

Salt Country
184/12
Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 280gsm Velin BFK Rives
Salt Country | 184/12
Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 280gsm Ve…
75 x 105cm | 29.5 x 41.3in

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This is my country. l was taken from here when l was very young it is dry country now the trees are dead nothing lives there any more. It salt country.

(On Reverse [Artwork complete] 19/03/1993)

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by WANKURTA PEANUT FORD of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Desert Country. [271/12] (Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 280gsm Velin BFK Rives)

Desert Country
271/12
Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 280gsm Velin BFK Rives
Desert Country | 271/12
Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 280gsm Ve…
75 x 106cm | 29.5 x 41.7in

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This is my mother country got trees and grass and jilji (sandhills) way in out the desert.

(On reverse [artwork completed] 28/05/1993)

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by WANKURTA PEANUT FORD of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Salt Country. [wp626/92] (Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 280gsm Velin BFK Rives)

Salt Country
wp626/92
Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 280gsm Velin BFK Rives
Salt Country | wp626/92
Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 280gsm Ve…
75 x 105cm | 29.5 x 41.3in

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This is my country. I was taken from here when I was very young. It is salty, dry country. The trees are dead, nothing lives here now.

Kurrjalparta
618/12
Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 280gsm Velin BKF Rives
Kurrjalparta | 618/12
Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 280gsm Ve…
56 x 76cm | 22 x 29.9in

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This is the country where Wankurta Peanut Ford was born. She left the country when she was a baby, and it is the same country where her mother passed away. A low, stony country, it is on the Fitzroy Crossing side of the Canning Stock Route.

Dated 17 August 1996 on reverse. Painted in early 1990s.

Desert Country
wp636/92
Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 250gsm Velin Arches Paper
Desert Country | wp636/92
Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 250gsm Ve…
56 x 76cm | 22 x 29.9in

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This is my mother country got trees and grass and jilji (sandhills) way in out the desert. My family lived here many years ago.

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by WANKURTA PEANUT FORD of Mangkaja Artists. The title is My Country. [624/12] (Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 280gsm Velin BFK Rives)

My Country
624/12
Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 280gsm Velin BFK Rives
My Country | 624/12
Derivan Matisse Acrylic - 280gsm Ve…
52 x 75cm | 20.5 x 29.5in

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This is my country. I was taken from here when I was very young. It is salty, dry country. Nothing lives here now.