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Aboriginal Art - Goanna Dreaming 61 x 46 cm

Original Artwork
Sourced from an Aboriginal Owned Art Centre
Certificate of Authentication
Free Standard Delivery in Australia

Artist: Melissa Napangardi Williams

Artwork: Wardapi Jukurrpa (Goanna Dreaming) - Yarripilangu

Size: 61cm x 46cm

Acrylic on Linen: Artwork delivered rolled.

View Artwork In: Manly shop

Artwork Reference: 6543/23

 

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This authentic Indigenous canvas is 61 x 46cm in size and is from Central Australia. Delivered rolled up you can choose how and when you want to display it.

This detailed dot painting is by Indigenous artist is Melissa Napangardi Williams. She was born in Alice Springs Hospital, the closest hospital to Yuendumu, a remote Aboriginal community 290 km north-west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. She is the daughter of Alice Napurrurla Nelson and Warren Japanangka Williams, and has one sister and two brothers. Melissa attended the local school before going to Yirara College, an Aboriginal boarding college in Alice Springs. When she graduated from College, she returned to Yuendumu where she worked as a Receptionist at the local School, at the Health Clinic and later became a full-time carer, looking after her two nephews, niece and her son and daughter.

Melissa began painting with Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation in 2004. It is  an Aboriginal owned and governed art centre located in Yuendumu. She paints her Father’s Wanakiji Jukurrpa (Bush Tomato Dreaming), Yarla Jukurrpa (Bush Potato Dreaming) and Yuparli Jukurrpa (Bush Banana Dreaming). She also paints her Mother’s Wardapi Jukurrpa (Goanna Dreaming). These stories were passed down to her by her family and their ancestors before them for millennia. She uses an unrestricted palette to develop a modern interpretation of traditional motifs with her own ideas of design and pattern.

The original Aboriginal artwork makes a special Australian gift for family and friends overseas for special birthdays or as a wedding present. This statement piece would also transform your home or workplace.

How The Art Is Sourced

This artwork comes from Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation in Yuendumu, Central Australia. Established in 1985, it is one of the longest running Aboriginal-owned art centres and operates as a 100% Aboriginal-owned, not-for-profit organisation.

More than 600 artists from Yuendumu, Nyirripi and surrounding communities contribute their work. Warlukurlangu is renowned for its colourful acrylic paintings and limited-edition prints, which have been exhibited nationally and internationally.

The name “Warlukurlangu” means “belonging to fire” in the Warlpiri language. The centre exists to maintain and share Indigenous culture, support artists, and pass traditions to future generations.

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