Jungunpa by Polly Napangardi Watson 76 x 100cm

This dynamic painting by renowned Warlpiri artist Polly Napangardi Watson depicts the Jungunpa (Marsupial Mouse) Dreaming, associated with the artist’s country at Mount Doreen, west of Yuendumu in the Tanami Desert. Using the aerial perspective typical of Western Desert painting, Watson maps the landscape through intricate dotting, concentric circles and flowing lines that represent the burrows and nocturnal tracks of the marsupial mouse. Executed in the classic colour palette characteristic of Polly Watson’s work of the late 1990s, the painting captures the energy, movement and spiritual resonance of Warlpiri Country.