Water Dreaming by Denise Nangala Egan, 30x46cm

Water Dreaming by Denise Nangala Egan, 30x46cm

In this colourful, joyful artwork, Denise has painted classic iconography for the Water Dreaming. The roundels represent waterholes, whereas the sinous lines depict running water and the short bars symbolise the clouds.

Denise Nangala Egan of the Warlpiri language group from Yuendumu, approximately 300 km north west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. She paints for the Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, established in 1985. Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation is a fully Aboriginal owned and governed art centre with over 600 members. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the sale of all art works go directly back to the artists and their community projects.

The art centre is famous for its gloriously colourful acrylic paintings with many of its members work collectable having been featured in hundreds of exhibitions both in Australia and around the world. The art centre is both a stronghold of traditional Warlpiri culture and an essential part of Yuendumu's community life