PROVENANCE
Mangkaja Arts, WA Cat No. 499/06
Cooee Art Gallery, NSW
ARTWORK STORY
The Jila (living water) is in the centre with jilji (saddunes) all around. Above is the pirnti (claypan) where we camped and below is a billabong nearby.
“I been all through this country walking around on foot as a young fella, I been gone to Yirloparri Jila and Mirrunmirrun soakwater.”
COMMUNITY/REGION
Wili (Great Sandy Desert)
LANGUAGE
Walmajarri
BIOGRAPHY
Jimmy Nerrimah, also known as Mawukura, was a distinguished Aboriginal artist from the Walmajarri group. Born around the mid-1920s, Nerrimah began painting relatively late in life, starting in the early 1990s. His art was heavily influenced by his intimate knowledge of his land and its waterholes, a theme prominently featured in his work.
© Adrian Newstead
PROVENANCE
Mangkaja Arts, WA Cat No. 499/06
Cooee Art Gallery, NSW
ARTWORK STORY
The Jila (living water) is in the centre with jilji (saddunes) all around. Above is the pirnti (claypan) where we camped and below is a billabong nearby.
“I been all through this country walking around on foot as a young fella, I been gone to Yirloparri Jila and Mirrunmirrun soakwater.”
COMMUNITY/REGION
Wili (Great Sandy Desert)
LANGUAGE
Walmajarri
BIOGRAPHY
Jimmy Nerrimah, also known as Mawukura, was a distinguished Aboriginal artist from the Walmajarri group. Born around the mid-1920s, Nerrimah began painting relatively late in life, starting in the early 1990s. His art was heavily influenced by his intimate knowledge of his land and its waterholes, a theme prominently featured in his work.
© Adrian Newstead
