Elizabeth Nyumi Nungurrayi, born 1947, PARWALLA

synthetic polymer paint on linen
bears artist's name, size and Warlayirti Artists catalogue number 568/03 on the reverse
120 BY 80.2CM

Provenance:
Painted at Wirrimanu (Balgo Hills) in 2003
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills
Private collection

Exhibited:
Desert Mob: Recent Works from the Aboriginal Art Centres in Central Australia, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, 24 August-5 October 2003

Literature:
Desert Mob: Recent Works from the Aboriginal Art Centres in Central Australia, Alice Springs: Araluen Art Centre, 2003

This painting is sold with an accompanying Warlayirti Artists certificate which reads in part: 'This painting depicts the country of Elizabeth's father. This country is known as Parwalla and is located far to the south of Balgo in the Great Sandy Desert, west of the community of Kiwirrkurra. The landscape of the area is dominated by tali, or sand dunes. The Parwalla area is a swampy area, filling a huge area with water after the wet season rain. These wet season rains result in an abundance of good bush tucker. The majority of the painting shows the different bush foods, including kantjili, or bush raisin, and minyili. Women, the U shapes, with their wana (digging sticks) and coolamons are also depicted. The white colour, which dominates the painting represents the spinifex which grows strong and seeds after the wet season rains. The seeds are white in colour, and grow so thickly they obscure the ground and other plants below'.