Elizabeth Nyumi Nungurrayi (1947 - 2019)

PARWALLA, 2003

synthetic polymer paint on linen

100.0 x 100.0 cm

bears inscription verso: artist's name, size and Warlayirti Artists cat. 904/03

Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills, Western Australia
Pandanus Gallery, Queensland (cat. PGBH003)
Company collection, Queensland

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Warlayirti Artists that states:

‘This painting depicts the country known as Parwalla which is Nyumi’s father’s country. This country is south of Balgo in the Gibson Desert, west of Kiwirrkurra. The landscape of the area is dominated by tali, or sand dunes. The Parwalla area is a swampy area, filling a huge area with water after the wet season rain. These wet season rains result in an abundance of good bush tucker. The majority of the painting shows the different bush foods, including kantjili, or bush raisin, and minyili. Women, the U shapes, with their wana (digging sticks) and coolimons are also depicted. The white colour, which dominates the painting represents the spinifex which grows strong and seeds after the wet season rains. These seeds are white in colour and grow so thickly they obscure the ground and other plants below.’