Carlene Thompson Pitjantjatjara, b. 1950
Kalaya Ngura - Emu Country, 2024
acrylic on linen
68 x 144 cm
26 3/4 x 56 3/4 in
26 3/4 x 56 3/4 in
MM7518
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This artwork depicts Carlene's family's country which is near Kanpi in the Western APY Lands. The emu (kalaya) is the ancestral being who formed that part of the country as...
This artwork depicts Carlene's family's country which is near Kanpi in the Western APY Lands. The emu (kalaya) is the
ancestral being who formed that part of the country as it travelled from Kanpi to Watarru.
Carlene is a senior artist and woman in the Ernabella community. Her artworks are about tjulpu tjuta (birds). It is very typical
for the kalaya to have many children, like Carlene who had six children when she was a younger woman. People call her
julpu Thompson, and she says ‘like I did with my children, I now raise chicks every day on canvas and in clay in my work’.
