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swamp
Size: 152cm x 121cm
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About the Artist: Ngnoia paints her father's country. This country is sacred Warlpiri territory associated with narratives relating to the 'watersnake'. The oval shapes in Ngnoia's paintings are iconographic representations of the swamps and lakes near Nyruppi (Talarada) north west of Mt. Liebig where she now lives. Ngnoia depicts the wet and dry characteristics of this country. This region is charged with the spiritual presence of the ‘watersnake’, which lives beneath the surface, and she describes this area as being dangerous. The area is currently unnoccupied Warlpiri land. This area however, is where her father hunted prior to white presence. She was born in Haasts Bluff in the late 1940's. She attended Papunya School in the 1960's along with Lilly Kelly Napangardi. After attending school she worked in the mission kitchen before moving with her husband Jack Tjakamara to Kintore. Following a period of 5 years living at Kintore, she and her husband moved to Mt. Liebig. This exhibition of works by Ngoia is especially poignant in light of the fact that earlier this year Ngoia suffered the tragic loss of two sons within weeks of each other. Ngoia's family consists of 4 remaining children, 6 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.Ngnoia previously assisted her husband during the time he painted for Papunya Tula Artists and began painting her own works in 1997. This is the first exhibition of Ngoia's painting presented at exhibition, although she has contributed several works over the past years to group shows. Ngnoia received First Prize in the Centralian Advocate Award 2004.
