NYARAPAYI GILES / Warmurrungu

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by NYARAPAYI GILES of Tjarlirli Artists. The title is Warmurrungu. [15-200] (Acrylic on Belgian Linen)

Warmurrungu
15-200 (2015)
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
Warmurrungu | 15-200
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
179 x 150cm | 70.47 x 59.06in

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Nyarapayi’s paintings depict a site called ’Warmarungu’ near Karku, her birthplace. This is where the ochres are collected for ceremonial use. In the dreaming times, many emus went down into the rockholes and some took the form of trees. The ochre is excavated in a special way using a stick, and Nyarapayi paints the emu spirits which are released during this ceremony to again take their physical forms. Her paintings show the travels of the emus in the dreaming times and the rockholes they stopped at.

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Nyarapayi’s paintings depict a site called ’Warmarungu’ near Karku, her birthplace. This is where the ochres are collected for ceremonial use. In the dreaming times, many emus went down into the rockholes and some took the form of trees. The ochre is excavated in a special way using a stick, and Nyarapayi paints the emu spirits which are released during this ceremony to again take their physical forms. Her paintings show the travels of the emus in the dreaming times and the rockholes... Read More