Donna Napurrurla Wilson, Lukarrara Jukurrpa, 61x46cm

• Artist - Donna Napurrurla Wilson
• Community - Yuendumu  
• Art Centre/Community organisation - Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation  
• Catalogue number - 503/15ny
• Materials - Acrylic on canvas  
• Size(cm) - H61 W46 D2  
• Postage variants - Artwork posted un-stretched and rolled for safe shipping

This Jukurrpa belongs to women of the Nakamarra/Napurrurla subsections and to Jakamarra/Jupurrurla men. This Dreaming is associated with a place called Jaralypari, north of Yuendumu. Lukarrara (desert fringe-rush [Fimbristylis oxystachya & Fimbristylis eremophila]) is a grass with an edible seed. The seeds are traditionally ground on a large stone (‘ngatinyanu’) with a smaller stone (‘ngalikirri’) to make flour. This flour is mixed with water (‘ngapa’) to make damper cakes which are cooked and eaten. In Warlpiri traditional paintings iconography is used to represent the Jukurrpa, particular sites and other elements. Large concentric circles often represent the site of Jaralypari and also the seed bearing grass Lukurrara. ‘U’ shapes can depict the Karnta (women) collecting ‘lukarrara’ and straight lines are frequently used to portray seeds that fall down to the ground and are also collected by women using their ‘parrajas’ (wooden food carriers) and ‘karlangu’ (digging sticks).

Donna Napurrurla Wilson was born in Alice Springs Hospital, the closest hospital to Yuendumu, a remote Aboriginal community, 290 km north-west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. She attended the local school in Yuendumu and later met and married Jasper Jangala Burns. They moved to Nyirripi, an outstation of Yuendumu, 150 km west in the Central Desert of Australia. They have three daughters who go to the local school. Donna has been painting with Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, an Aboriginal owned and governed art centre located in Yuendumu, since 2009. Warlukurlangu Artists provides an outlet for Warlpiri artists to paint their cultural heritage and earn income from their work. This service is extended to Nyirripi artists, on a weekly basis, by delivering canvas and paint to artists and collecting finished artwork. “I watched my grandmother and family paint when I was young. I like the different patterns and the colours.” Donna’s paintings focus on the traditional role of women who gather edible seeds in the winter-time. The Ngurlu Jukurrpa (Native Seed Dreaming) has been passed down from her mother’s side through the generations for millennia. Donna uses an unrestricted palette to develop a modern interpretation of her traditional culture. Donna loves to play sport, especially basketball and also likes to go hunting for bush tucker and goanna.

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