Water and Wanampi Snake Dreaming, 2007
Artist: Jorna Napurrurla Nelson
Region: Yuendumu, NT
Medium/Type: Painting
Size:
91 x 122 cm
(Artwork can be rotated)
Catalogue Number: 9795JN
Price: Enquire
Jorna paints her mother and father’s Jukurrpa stories, Dreamings that relate directly to her land and the plants and animals that inhabit it. These stories were passed down to her by her parents and their parents before them for millennia.
Jorna mainly paints stories about sacred sites and about animals and plants that are commonly found in the country surrounding this community.
Jorna Napurrurla Nelson
Region: Yuendumu, NT
Jorna painted her mother and father’s Jukurrpa stories and Dreamings which relate directly to her country. These stories, as was the tradition were passed down to her by her parents and their parents before them for millennia. Her paintings were generally stories about sacred sites, animals and plants to be found in Country…