Artist and Word Exploration

Judy Napangardi Watson was born in 1935 in the central Australian desert, she belongs to the Warlpiri people and growing up lived a traditional nomadic lifestyle. Judy's work mostly depicts Mina Mina (an important womens dreaming site) and the dreaming connected with it. This includes things such as women, the honey ant, snake vine and digging stick. The main Jukurrpa story told in her paintings is that of the journey of a group of women who travelled to the east gathering food, collecting snake vine and performing ceremonies.
Judy's paintings are contemporary she uses techniques such as dragged dotting in her paintings, they also have a very vibrant use of colour which reflects her energy as a person. Although her paintings are contemporary they still tell of the sacredness of place and song in her culture.

WORD EXPLORATION

the follow is a list of words that the paintings evoke for me

organic
journey
discovery
creation
curving
connection
place
ritual
celebration
growing
developing