Artiste : Eileen Yaritja Stevens

Titre de l'œuvre : Wanampi Tjukurpa

Format : 103 x 89 cm

Provenance et certificat : centre d'art aborigene de Tjungu Palya

Référence de cette peinture d'art indigène d’Australie : 08116

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Explications pour cette œuvre :

Eileen was born in the bush at Makiri, Tjala Minyma Tjukurpa (Honeyant Women's sacred place) c1919. Her father was a Yangkunytjatjara man and her mother a Pitjantjatjara woman. When Eileen was a young woman she worked at Ernabella mission milking goats. "I was a hard worker at the mission, but it was good." Her husband also worked at Ernabella chopping trees for building projects. Later they came to Nyapari, Eileen's husbands country. Eileen passed away in February 2008, she was 89 and still singing and painting with a passion and energy.

This is the Wanampi Tjukurpa (water snake men dreaming) for Nyapari. This place is called Pilta. Pilta􀆟 rockhole is just in the hills, really close to the community. The two men are water snakes. The two women went off to get some food. They headed to Pilki, kapi pulka (a big rock hole) for honey ants. They were digging for kuka mitika (burrowing be􀆩ong). Irititja kuka (food from the early days).

The artworks of the artist could be find in the following prestigious collections :
The National Gallery Of Australia, Canberra, Act
The National Gallery Of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic
W & V Mcgeoch, Melbourne, Victoria
Araluen Gallery, Alice Springs, Northen Territory
Ian Berndt Collection, Perth, Western Australia
Kaplan-Levi Collection, Seattle, Usa
The Art Gallery Of South Australia, Adelaide,Sa
The Art Gallery Of Western Australia, Perth, Wa
The Lepley Collection, Perth, Western Australia.
The Marshall Colllection Adelaide, South Australia
The Merenda Collection

© Photo : Aboriginal Signature Estrangin gallery with the courtesy of the artists and Tjungu Palya