'Wardapi Jukurrpa' by April Spencer Napaltjarri
This painting is about the way women hunt Wardapi, the sand goanna. He digs holes in the dunes, makes his nest deep inside. Many of the holes all join up. Women hunt Wardapi in the dunes by digging out the holes.
April Spencer Napaltjarri was born in Yuendumu, NT in 1966 and currently lives in Mparntwe (Alice Springs). She began painting in the late 1980’s and since joining Tangentyere Artists in 2017 has frequented the art centre daily, establishing herself as one of the centre’s most enthusiastic artists. Spencer paints in the signature Walpiri style and most often paints Wardapi Tjukurrpa (Goanna Dreaming), telling the story of women hunting sand goanna in the dunes of Yarripilangku, SW of Yuendumu. She paints this story by featuring bold concentric circles and intersecting lines contrasted onto a backdrop of fields of dotting.
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