JOHNNY WARANGKULA TJUPURRULA - WATER DREAMING - KALIPINPA

 JOHNNY WARANGKULA TJUPURRULA
WATER DREAMING - KALIPINPA,  1982
97 x 62cm
synthetic polymer paint on board
 
PROVENANCE
Papunya Western Desert, NT
Painted at Kintore, Northern TerritoryPapunya Tula Artists, Northern TerritoryPrivate Collection, New South WalesThis painting is sold with a Papunya Tula Artists certificate. 
 
STORY
Warangkula was amongst the most inventive of the early Papunya artists. His ā€�calligraphic line and smearing brushworkā€™ (Bardon in Isaacs 2001: 71), gave a relative solidity to the features of the land, or traced the movements of a journey, picking up on the rhythmic recall of a mythic narrative. Bands of hatching or parallel lines provided visual texture, often interspersed with animal tracks or symbolic figures woven in to tightly synchronized compositions that still resound with freshness and surprising spontaneity. Choosing to keep within the hues of traditional earth based ochres, he achieved in his early paintings a startlingly powerful statement of the earth, his country and the life within it.
 
EXHIBITED
Re-Collected, May 2013, Coo-ee Art Gallery