Artist: Lucy Loomoo
Born: 1939
Subsection / skin name: Nungurrayi
Language: Kukatja, Pintubi
Title/Area: Nyakungtjuungku
Catalogue no.: 815/06
Size: 1200 × 600 mm (120 × 60 cm)
Medium: Acrylic on linen
Art centre: Warlayirti Artists, Balgo, WA
This is Lucy’s country a long way south of Balgo close to Punmu in the Great Sandy Desert. This country is called Nyakungtjuungku and is Lucy’s dreaming. The central circle is a tjurrnu, or soakwater, known as inta, or ‘living water’ as it always holds fresh water. Loomoo says this country is rich with bush tucker. The large white dotting surrounding the concentric circles represents bush foods including kantilli or pura (bush tomato). The lines in the painting represent the tali (sandhills) that dominate this region.
One Phoenix Arts acknowledges the Larrakia people as the Traditional Owners of the land on which our gallery stands, and pays respect to Elders past and present. We acknowledge the artists and their communities across the Northern Territory, the Kimberley and the deserts, who hold the stories in these works.
