Ngarrarroon Country, 2010

natural earth pigments on canvas

90 x 120 cm

$3,500

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Provenance: Artlandish Aboriginal Art Gallery, Kununurra, WA, Cat No. 14183 Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
Exhibited: Passing On Tradition - New and Old Kimberley, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, June 2010
Artwork story: Ngarrgarroon is the Kitja name for Texas Downs. This is my family's country. The part I have painted is to the north and centre of the Station. I have shown Red Butte Country, Joel Springs, Wagon Creek and the tracks leading to the old Homestead. Painted in dry time, but with the small tributaries of the big Ord River still with some water in them, this is a very beautiful part of Texas. To the south of the Red Butte is Buffalo Hole, where my aunty was born in the bush (International Artist Nancy Nodea and full sister to Charlene's father, Churchill Cann). In that part, Dad tells me that an old woman from Mabel Downs became lost, a long time ago. She eventually went Wungaloo (mad) and lived in a cave near Red Butte. The old people say her spirit is still there and no-one goes near that cave. Her name was Gudburrayia. Dad has lots of stories of Texas.

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b. 1977

natural earth pigments on canvas

90 x 120 cm

$3,500

Secure payment via Stripe. Prices in AUD.

Provenance: Artlandish Aboriginal Art Gallery, Kununurra, WA, Cat No. 14183 Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
Exhibited: Passing On Tradition - New and Old Kimberley, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, June 2010
Artwork story: Ngarrgarroon is the Kitja name for Texas Downs. This is my family's country. The part I have painted is to the north and centre of the Station. I have shown Red Butte Country, Joel Springs, Wagon Creek and the tracks leading to the old Homestead. Painted in dry time, but with the small tributaries of the big Ord River still with some water in them, this is a very beautiful part of Texas. To the south of the Red Butte is Buffalo Hole, where my aunty was born in the bush (International Artist Nancy Nodea and full sister to Charlene's father, Churchill Cann). In that part, Dad tells me that an old woman from Mabel Downs became lost, a long time ago. She eventually went Wungaloo (mad) and lived in a cave near Red Butte. The old people say her spirit is still there and no-one goes near that cave. Her name was Gudburrayia. Dad has lots of stories of Texas.