EUBENA NAMPITJIN - KINYU

 EUBENA NAMPITJIN
KINYU,  2002
180 x 119.5 cm
synthetic polymer paint on linen
 
PROVENANCE
Balgo Hills, WA
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills (stock 374/02)Private Collection, Melbourne. This painting is sold with an accompanying Warlayirti Artists certificate. 
 
STORY
Eubena has painted Kinyu the site of her spirit dog totem. The dividing line at the bottom of the work depicts the Canning stock Route, a track leads off the road to Kinyu close to well 34 the middle size circle in the centre of the painting. This was where the drovers dug a well, right next to the larger circle that represents the soakwater that the local people used in the olden times. The smaller circle is the sacred rockhole for the spirit dogs who roam the country. The dotting is kantilli or bish raisins a favourite bush tucker. Eubena spends time each year back at this site of her birth country in the Great Sandy Desert.
 
EXHIBITED
Eubena Nampitjin; Art and Life, Warlayirti Atists Aboriginal Corporation, 2005, Page 35Invitation Image: Alcaston Gallery, VIC May 2002 Eubena Nampitjin solo exhibition.Eubena Nampitjin, Alcaston Gallery, VIC, May 2002; Directorā€™s Selection, Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery NSW, January 2011Illustrated in the Alcaston Gallery, VIC May 2002 Eubena Nampitjin solo exhibition catalogue