Original Aboriginal art for sale that is ready to hang.

The 30cm x 30cm canvas is an authentic Indigenous artwork from Central Australia and has been stretched and is ready to hang on your wall.

This unique artwork by Evelyn Nampijinpa Daniels will be a colourful addition to your home. It combines the traditional Dreaming stories with contemporary colours. It will be much admired for years to come.

Evelyn Nampijinpa Daniels was born in 1956 in Yuendumu, a remote Aboriginal community 290 kilometres northwest of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia.

She has been painting since 2001 with the internationally acclaimed Warlukurlangu Artists, an Aboriginal owned and governed art centre, which is a stronghold for the preservation of the ancient culture and language of the Warlpiri people.

Evelyn is a distinguished artist whose paintings are exhibited in major art galleries around Australia and internationally.

This painting tells the story of a Jangala ‘watiya-warnu’ (Acacia tenuissima) ancestor who travelled south from a small hill called Ngurlupurranyangu to Yamunturrngu (Mount Liebig). As he travelled he picked the ‘watiya-warnu’ seeds and placed them in ‘parrajas’ (food carriers), one of which he carried on his head. Watiya-warnu is a seed bearing tree that grows in open spinifex or mulga country. When people returned to their camp after collecting the seeds they would make large windbreaks for shelter and winnow the seed in the late afternoon. Immature ‘watiya-warnu’ seed is ground into a paste and can be used to treat upset stomachs. The associated ‘watiya-warnu’ ceremony involves the preparation of a large ground painting. This Jukurrpa belongs to Nampijinpa/Nangala women and Jampijinpa/Jangala men. In contemporary Warlpiri paintings traditional iconography is used to represent the Jukurrpa, particular sites and other elements. In paintings of this Dreaming ‘U’ shapes are often depicting women collecting the ‘watiya-warnu’ seeds. Oval shapes represent the ‘parrajas’ where they carry the seeds and strait lines beside them frequently portrait digging sticks.

This pre-stretched original Aboriginal artwork makes a unique Australian gift for birthdays, Christmas, weddings, corporate events and other special occasions.