SAM TJAMPITJIN - TWO LARGE CLAYPANS

SAM TJAMPITJIN
TWO LARGE CLAYPANS,  1991
100 x 50 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Belgian Linen
 
REGION
Balgo Hills, WA
 
PROVENANCE
Warlayirti Art 540/91
Contemporary Australian Visions, VIC
Cooee Art Leven, NSW 
 
STORY
Two large claypans into which over flows collect are shown in the painting. These places are the creekbeds are all believed to have come from the time of the Dreaming and were formed by the activities of powerful Tingari beings. These beings have left powers in the land that are told of in Mens Law. The artist is one of the senior men who look after this Law and country here.
 
 
ARTIST PROFILE
SAM TJAMPITJIN