Mina Mina Dreaming by Georgia

Judy Watson Napangardi

Mina Mina dreaming (Mina Mina Jukurrpa)

Judy Watson Napangardi, born 1925 in Yarungkanji at Mt Doreen Station, (North West of Alice Springs) in an expanse of the Yuendumu Community in Central Australia. Judy was taught the art of painting by her elder sister, Maggie Napangardi Watson.

The artwork Mina Mina Dreaming by artist Judy Watson Napangardi looks like a large painting with lots of bright vibrant colours such as blue, orange, pink, red, purple and green, with dimensions of 513 x 640cm. This is an Indigenous piece of artwork. The medium is acrylic on linen canvas and has a horizontal axis. Different shapes have been used throughout the art work and different textures and styles of the brush strokes. Some of the shape styles that are used are circles, diamonds and very long rectangles with round tips, it also has different coloured lines around the outside of the shapes and the perimeter of the artwork.

She uses the whole canvas and has a lot of detail. The artwork has a horizontal axis. The tone of the artwork is quite dahl but has some nice bright vibrant colours through it.

The artwork “Mina Mina Dreaming” by artist Judy Watson Napangardi is about the Creation Time and the country associated with this painting, (west of Yuendumu). The painting tells the story of a group of women, all ages, who travelled the country performing sacred ceremonies and gathering food as they went about their travels.

The main idea of the artwork “Mina Mina Dreaming” is that it’s significant to Napangardi/Napanangka women and Japangardi/Japanangka men and is represented through the materials of acrylic paints, linen canvas and much more, meaning that Judy Watson Napangardi is an amazing indigenous artist with great art skills and techniques that younger indigenous children can learn from and look up to.

J Georgia Osborne J