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Perente Huntingby Mervyn Franey MpetyaneThis artwork depicts a Perentie hunting for food. The variations in dots and colour represents the sand hills and country. The Goanna is a totemic spirit and features in Aboriginal mythology. Aboriginal artists who paint their Goanna Dreaming do so to honour their ancestral spirit. The Perentie is also a food source of many Aboriginal people in central Australia. |
ArtistMervyn Franey Mpetyane was born on the 6th of January 1963 in Alice Springs, central Australia. Mervyn is a mentor for the Tangentyere artists in Alice Springs. He started to paint seriously in 1995, after firstly experimenting in pencil creating sketches of animals and portraits. In 2005, he started using acrylic on canvas, depicting significant stories connected to Yeperenye Dreaming. The land of the Yeperenye Dreaming is a special site used for meetings and gatherings by the traditional Arrernte people long before the town of Alice Springs was built. Mervyn is married with grown up children and a grandfather of two. Mervyn is dedicated to his art and has a deep respect and connection to his ancestral land, which is expressed in work. |
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