PADDY JAMPIN JAMINJI - COCKBURN RANGES
PADDY JAMPIN JAMINJI
COCKBURN RANGES, c.1982
58 x 163 cm74 x 181 cm FRAMED
Earth Pigments with binder on Board
REGION
East Kimberley, WA
PROVENANCE
Field Collected, NT
Neil McLeod Fine Art, Vic
Private Collection, Vic
Cooee Art Leven, NSW
STORY
Paddy (Jampin) Jaminji was born on Bedford Downs station in the North East Kimberley and spent most of his life working as a stockman on both Bedford Downs and Old Lissadell Stations. He was the first painter in Turkey Creek after a strike by Kimberley station workers in the mid 1970s signalled a mass Aboriginal exodus from cattle properties.Jaminji was Rover Thomas's classificatory uncle and drew the paintings for the first Krill Krill ceremonies following Rovers vision in the mid 1970s. Painting on boards using recycled construction wood and traditional materials were carried on the shoulders of the participants in these ceremonies. Each painting represents a specific location or event connected with Kimberly history. This board, created in the early 1980s, depicts the Cockburn Ranges and the hollow burnt into the trunk of a Boab tree - a local landmark.
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