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
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