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Born c.1937 Nynmi (Jupiter Well), Western Australia. Known for: Aboriginal theme painting.
Born: c1937 . Location: Nynmi (Jupiter Well). Skin: Tjungarrayi . Language Group: Kukatja . Mediums: Acrylic paint on canvas and linen . Themes: Piparr country (his mother's country), Nynmi country... Read full biography
Born: c1937 . Location: Nynmi (Jupiter Well). Skin: Tjungarrayi . Language Group: Kukatja . Mediums: Acrylic paint on canvas and linen . Themes: Piparr country (his mother's country), Nynmi country (his father's country), Tingari, soakwaters. Helicopter learnt from an early age the location of... Read full biography
Born: c1937 . Location: Nynmi (Jupiter Well). Skin: Tjungarrayi . Language Group: Kukatja . Mediums: Acrylic paint on canvas and linen . Themes: Piparr country (his mother's country), Nynmi country (his father's country), Tingari, soakwaters. Helicopter learnt from an early age the location of water sources and how to hunt for bush food. He is a maparn (traditional healer) and people travel long distances to see him for treatment and healing. In the early 1990s he painted with his wife... Read full biography
Born: c1937 . Location: Nynmi (Jupiter Well). Skin: Tjungarrayi . Language Group: Kukatja . Mediums: Acrylic paint on canvas and linen . Themes: Piparr country (his mother's country), Nynmi country (his father's country), Tingari, soakwaters. Helicopter learnt from an early age the location of water sources and how to hunt for bush food. He is a maparn (traditional healer) and people travel long distances to see him for treatment and healing. In the early 1990s he painted with his wife (recently deceased), but since 1995 has painted independently in a distinctive linear style that radiates from the central feature of a soakwater. He is dedicated to painting his country and that of his parents where he lived a nomadic life as a young boy.... Read full biography
Born: c1937 . Location: Nynmi (Jupiter Well). Skin: Tjungarrayi . Language Group: Kukatja . Mediums: Acrylic paint on canvas and linen . Themes: Piparr country (his mother's country), Nynmi country (his father's country), Tingari, soakwaters. Helicopter learnt from an early age the location of water sources and how to hunt for bush food. He is a maparn (traditional healer) and people travel long distances to see him for treatment and healing. In the early 1990s he painted with his wife (recently deceased), but since 1995 has painted independently in a distinctive linear style that radiates from the central feature of a soakwater. He is dedicated to painting his country and that of his parents where he lived a nomadic life as a young boy. He also uses the kinti-kinti style of dotting pioneered by his wife but works with a different range of colours combined with the more... Read full biography