Artist: Liddy Nakamarra Nelson | Title: Bush Yam | Year: | Medium: synthetic polymer paint on canvas | Dimensions: 137 x 83cm
PROVENANCE
Warnayka Art Centre, NT
ARTWORK STORY
This is a painting for the Nakamarra, Jakamarra, Jupurrula and Napurrula skin groups. The bush potato is a major food source and a very important Dreaming for the Warlpiri people. The bush potato plant is shown with it's roots extending outwards. They culminate in big bush potatoes however along their length smaller potato tubers are found. The women are shown with their coolomons and digging sticks. The women are depicted as U shapes and are sitting in groups in the corners of the painting. This Dreaming took place at Duck Ponds several hours east of Lajamanu.
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/REGION
Lajamanu, NT
LANGUAGE
Warlpiri
BIOGRAPHY
Liddy Nelson Nakamarra began painting in 1986. Using large, expressive , iconographic forms in bright colours, she depicts subjects from her Dreamings, such as small snake, yam dreaming and bush grapes. Her works express an unrestrained quality that is typical of the style of artists from her community in Lajamanu, in the south-west of the Northern Territory. Her brother is the artist Michael Nelson Jagamarra.
REFERENCES
Christine Nicholls, Senior Lecturer, Flinders University. Christine Nicholls is the author of ‘Yilpinji, Love Art & Ceremony’ which features Liddy Nelson’s print ‘First Love’.
PROVENANCE
Warnayka Art Centre, NT
ARTWORK STORY
This is a painting for the Nakamarra, Jakamarra, Jupurrula and Napurrula skin groups. The bush potato is a major food source and a very important Dreaming for the Warlpiri people. The bush potato plant is shown with it's roots extending outwards. They culminate in big bush potatoes however along their length smaller potato tubers are found. The women are shown with their coolomons and digging sticks. The women are depicted as U shapes and are sitting in groups in the corners of the painting. This Dreaming took place at Duck Ponds several hours east of Lajamanu.
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/REGION
Lajamanu, NT
LANGUAGE
Warlpiri
BIOGRAPHY
Liddy Nelson Nakamarra began painting in 1986. Using large, expressive , iconographic forms in bright colours, she depicts subjects from her Dreamings, such as small snake, yam dreaming and bush grapes. Her works express an unrestrained quality that is typical of the style of artists from her community in Lajamanu, in the south-west of the Northern Territory. Her brother is the artist Michael Nelson Jagamarra.
REFERENCES
Christine Nicholls, Senior Lecturer, Flinders University. Christine Nicholls is the author of ‘Yilpinji, Love Art & Ceremony’ which features Liddy Nelson’s print ‘First Love’.
