Women Gatheringby Philippa Guguman Nungurrayi

This painting with the use of depicting Aboriginal symbols tells the story of Aboriginal women gathering bush tucker with their digging sticks. The concentric circle or oval shaped icons represents camp-site or meeting place. The U shaped symbols depicted represent women. The various colour in dots represent the landscape.

Artist:Philippa Guguman Nungurrayi
Title:Women Gathering
ID:14042559
Medium:Acrylic on Belgian Linen
Size:30 x 30 cm
Region:Watiyawanu, Central Australia

Artist

Philippa Guguman Nungurrayi was born c. 1975. She was raised at the community of Balgo in Western Australia. Philippa is related to many artists that are associated with Warlayirti Artists, her uncles Patrick Olodoodi Tjungurrayi and Brandy Olodoodi Tjungurrayi ( now deceased) Philippa paints the stories handed to her from both her mother and father's families, the most common subject in her artworks are the "Seven Sisters Dreaming.", her paintings also centre on the topography of the country around Balgo and the day to day chores of hunting and gathering bush foods.

Philippa Guguman Nungurrayi spends her time living between Balgo, and Kiwirrkurra in Western Australia or occasionally visiting family in Alice Springs in Central Australia.

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