JORNA NEWBERRY - WALPA (WIND DREAMING)

JORNA NEWBERRY
WALPA (WIND DREAMING),  2019
101 x 110 cm
synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen
 
REGION
Ngaatjatjarra Lands
 
PROVENANCE
Yanda Art, NT
Cooee Art Leven, NSW 
 
STORY
This work depicts a Women’s site near an important rockhole, near Tjukurla. The soft roundels represent the rockholes as well as a ceremonial site. The lines represent sandhills. This site is an important site for Jorna. 

Jorna paints with a softening of iconography through interlacing with intricate finely dotted patterning. This soft dotting technique is characteristic of many of the Mount Liebig women artists.
 
 
ARTIST PROFILE
JORNA NEWBERRY