Description

40.6cm x 55.9cm: acrylic on canvas

Artwork is sold unstretched

Winsome Newberry

Winsome Newberry is an established Ngaanyatjarra artist who was born in Kaltukatjara (Docker River), and has spent much of her time between Warakurna and Kaltukatjara. Winsome paints important Tjukurpa (Dreaming), including her paternal grandfather’s country near the Rawlinson Ranges in Western Australia. Winsome learned painting from her mother in Warakurna as an adult, and enjoys painting with a number of different techniques including dotting with a purnu (wooden stick) and using a variety of brushes to create her textured and striking canvases.

Kungkarangkalpa (Seven Sisters

The Seven Sisters story is an epic tjukurrpa story that travels for thousands of kilometers through Australia. The seven sisters were being chased by one man through the lands, who wanted them all for his wives. A site to the south of Docker River is where the sisters were chased into the sky and became the Pleiades constellation. This site is a site of great significance particularly for the women of the region.