Two Women Dreamingby Christine Brumby

The artist has painted what is like a map that only she and other people of this country can read. Coded in the landscape and in the Creation or Law stories is the information needed to hunt and survive. This walka board is a contemporary way of continuing to celebrate, teach and live life through the Tjukurpa. It reflects strong and enduring culture: re-enacting ancestral travels, celebrating the sacred nature of the country and its interrelated plant, animal and human inhabitants. It passes on to you some of the teachings of Tjukurpa.

Artist:Christine Brumby
Title:Two Women Dreaming
ID:CB001
Medium:Walka board
Size:30 x 30 cm
Region:Mutitjulu, Central Australia

Artist

Christine Brumby was born in Areyonga Community and grew up in Docker River, but now lives in Mutitjulu Community with her extended family, near her father's traditional lands. Christine comes from a long line of artists, and is both a talented artist and experienced tour guide. Through her tours and paintings, Christine enjoys sharing the stories of her country with visitors to Uluru. During her tours, Christine shows tourists the cave paintings around Uluru, and explains how her family a long time ago would paint symbols and images from the Tjukurpa using ochre pigments. Christine says they used to only have four colours with these natural pigments, but now with acrylic paint, the palette is much more vibrant! Building on these cave painting traditions and incorporating her own unique style, Christine enjoys expressing the Tjukurpa stories of the region through her paintings at Walkatjara Art. She paints the stories of the Mala people, Kuniya and Liru, and the story of Seven Sisters. These stories have been passed on to her from her family.

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