Artist: Johnny Gordon Downs | Title: Mimuntilla Rockhole | Year: 1995 | Medium: synthetic polymer paint on canvas | Dimensions: 120 x 80 cm
PROVENANCE
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills W.A. Cat No. 310/95
Cooee Art Gallery, NSW
EXHIBITED
Balgo Past and Present, March - April 2014, Cooee Art Gallery
ARTWORK STORY
As a young boy Johnny spent some of his early years in this part of the desert. He learnt the ways of the desert and told stories from the Tjukurrpa (Dreamtime). Mimuntilla rockhole was created by a rainbow serpent as were most of the waterholes in the area. He has painted Mimuntilla with its surrounding sand hills and he has shown the water flowing into the rock hole after the summer rains.
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/REGION
Balgo Hills, WA
LANGUAGE
Tjaru
BIOGRAPHY
Johnny Gordon Downs is a Tjaru artist born near Gordon Downs Station, Western Australia, around 1940. As a young boy, Johnny learnt the ways of the desert and told stories from the Tjukurrpa (Dreamtime). His art draws on the landforms of his country, often depicting the Mimintilli, near the Stansmore Ranges in vibrant, concentric patterns.
PROVENANCE
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills W.A. Cat No. 310/95
Cooee Art Gallery, NSW
EXHIBITED
Balgo Past and Present, March - April 2014, Cooee Art Gallery
ARTWORK STORY
As a young boy Johnny spent some of his early years in this part of the desert. He learnt the ways of the desert and told stories from the Tjukurrpa (Dreamtime). Mimuntilla rockhole was created by a rainbow serpent as were most of the waterholes in the area. He has painted Mimuntilla with its surrounding sand hills and he has shown the water flowing into the rock hole after the summer rains.
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/REGION
Balgo Hills, WA
LANGUAGE
Tjaru
BIOGRAPHY
Johnny Gordon Downs is a Tjaru artist born near Gordon Downs Station, Western Australia, around 1940. As a young boy, Johnny learnt the ways of the desert and told stories from the Tjukurrpa (Dreamtime). His art draws on the landforms of his country, often depicting the Mimintilli, near the Stansmore Ranges in vibrant, concentric patterns.
