Warlukurlangu Jukurrpaby Nathania Nangala Granites

This painting depicts Fire Country Dreaming. This Dreaming belongs to Warlukurlangu country, to the south-west of Yuendumu, for which the Jampijinpa/Jangala men and Nampijinpa/Nangala women have custodial responsibility. An old man, "Lungkarda" (Centralian Blue-Tongued Lizard), of the Jampijinpa skin group, lived on a hill with his two Jangala sons. The old man would feign blindness and send the two boys hunting in search of meat. While they were gone he would hunt and eat anything he caught before they returned. One day the sons returned with a Kangaroo that they had caught after much tracking. Unfortunately the Kangaroo was sacred to the Lungkarda, unbeknownst to the boys. In his anger the old man decided to punish his sons and the next time they went out, he put his fire stick to the ground and sent a huge bush fire after them which chased them for many miles at times propelling them through the air. Although the boys beat the flames, Lungkarda's special magic kept the fire alive and it reappeared out of his blue-tongued lizard hole. Exhausted the boys were finally overcome by the flames.

Artist:Nathania Nangala Granites
Title:Warlukurlangu Jukurrpa
ID:1417-17
Medium:Acrylic on Canvas
Size:46 x 46 cm
Region:Yuendumu, Central Australia

Artist

Nathania Nangala Granites is a young Warlpiri woman from Yuendumu Community, approximately 3 hours from Alice Springs in Central Australia. Nathania is an emerging artist who has worked closely with Warlukurlangu – Artists of Yuendumu. The primary focus of her artworks centre around the sacred place of Puyurru which is to the west of Yuendumu Community, it is central to the Ngapa (Water) Dreaming for the area. Puyurru usually features dry creek beds which are water soakages or naturally occurring wells. Nathania takes an underground view for her paintings, detailing the underground rivers which snake across the countryside.

Nathania is also an active member of her community not only through her painting with Warlukurlangu Artists but also the Mt Theo Program as a Jaru Pirrjirdi Trainee within The Jaru Pirrjirdi Program. This is a youth development and leadership program as well as an after care program for at risk young people. Nathania’s paintings have been featured through several other galleries around Australia through her involved with Warlukurlangu and now Central Art is excited to be able to feature her paintings through our website also.

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