Narputta Jugadai Nangala
Puli at Lake MacDonald, 2002
Acrylic on canvas
91.4 x 182.9 cm (36 x 72 in)
NAJANA-PT-1
Language Group: Pintubi/Lurritja Born: circa 1933 Narputta Nangala was born c 1933 at Karrkurutinytja (Lake MacDonald). When very young she was completely nomadic with her Pintupi family. Her father, Tjalakuny,...
Language Group: Pintubi/Lurritja
Born: circa 1933
Narputta Nangala was born c 1933 at Karrkurutinytja (Lake MacDonald). When very young she was completely nomadic with her Pintupi family. Her father, Tjalakuny, brought Narputta and her brother in from the desert to Haasts Bluff, and then returned to nomadic life.
Narputta’s husband, Timmy Jugadai, was head stockman at Haasts Bluff and became a prominent Papunya Tula artist.
Narputta began painting her father’s country around Lake MacDonald in 1992 and became one of the first women artists to commence solo painting. She won the National Aboriginal Art Award in Darwin in 1997 and major Australian galleries and museums, including the National Art Gallery of Australia, Canberra; National Art Gallery of Victoria; Qld. Art Gallery; Art Gallery of South Australian and the Darwin Art Gallery, hold her work.
About the painting - Puli at Lake MacDonald
This painting depicts the artist’s country around the Salt Lake, Lake MacDonald near Kintore NT. It shows a series of sand hills and rock formations around the lake.
This painting shows water in the lake after the rains as indicated by the blue, the white represents the salt crystals as the lake starts to dry up. The sandhills start to sprout many different varieties and coloured desert flowers and spinifex after the rain. The goannas come out of their burrows looking for insects.
Born: circa 1933
Narputta Nangala was born c 1933 at Karrkurutinytja (Lake MacDonald). When very young she was completely nomadic with her Pintupi family. Her father, Tjalakuny, brought Narputta and her brother in from the desert to Haasts Bluff, and then returned to nomadic life.
Narputta’s husband, Timmy Jugadai, was head stockman at Haasts Bluff and became a prominent Papunya Tula artist.
Narputta began painting her father’s country around Lake MacDonald in 1992 and became one of the first women artists to commence solo painting. She won the National Aboriginal Art Award in Darwin in 1997 and major Australian galleries and museums, including the National Art Gallery of Australia, Canberra; National Art Gallery of Victoria; Qld. Art Gallery; Art Gallery of South Australian and the Darwin Art Gallery, hold her work.
About the painting - Puli at Lake MacDonald
This painting depicts the artist’s country around the Salt Lake, Lake MacDonald near Kintore NT. It shows a series of sand hills and rock formations around the lake.
This painting shows water in the lake after the rains as indicated by the blue, the white represents the salt crystals as the lake starts to dry up. The sandhills start to sprout many different varieties and coloured desert flowers and spinifex after the rain. The goannas come out of their burrows looking for insects.