Nyinga Tjukurrpa by Joy Jackson
-
Artist: Joy Jackson
- Title: Nyinga Tjukurrpa
- Size: 40.6 x 76.2cm
Joy paints tjukurrpa (dreaming stories) from a number of her family's traditional
homes across the Ngaanyatjarra lands.
Joy Jackson has painted with Kaltukatjara Art since the centre was established in
Docker River in 2016.
She was born in Warburton in Western Australia and grew up in Papulankutja
(Blackstone). She has spent time around her mother's home of Warakurna, but has
raised her family in Kaltukatjara (Docker River).
Joy paints tjukurrpa (dreaming stories) from a number of her family's traditional homes
across the Ngaanyatjarra lands. Joy exhibited her works at the 'Revealed' exhibition for
emerging artists at Fremantle Art Centre in 2019, and has participated in several group
exhibitions in WA.
This painting depicts Joy's maternal grandmother's birthplace of Katjalurlu,
which is west of the WA border near the Irrunytju turnoff on the Warakurna road,
in Ngaanyatjarra country.
On the other side of the turnoff, there's a bore; if you go further into the bush
there you'll find Katjalurlu. There is one kapi, rockhole, there. Around that place
are karu (creeks), puli (rocky mountains) and tali (sandhills). When there are
clouds in the sky, the landscape is patterned with shadows.
The story at this place is Nyinga Tjukurrpa, ice dreaming. This story comes
from the south, lots of men and two ladies. Joy learnt this story from her
grandmother and mother, Warakurna artist Nanacy Nyanyana Jackson.
Joy depicts the women sitting down near the waterhole, surrounded by the
natural features of the landscape. She favours harmonious colours and often
builds up layers in her works by laying out the composition with brushes, before
adding features with punu (wooden stick application).
