Raymond Walters Penangke Anmatyerre , b. November 1975
Emu Feathers, 2022
acrylic on linen
90 x 150 cm
35 3/8 x 59 1/8 in
35 3/8 x 59 1/8 in
MM6026
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Raymond Walters Penangka paints the Emu Dreaming at a place called Ngarleyekwerlang (in the Mount Allen region of Central Australia) and of which he is a custodian. As he describes:...
Raymond Walters Penangka paints the Emu Dreaming at a place called
Ngarleyekwerlang (in the Mount Allen region of Central Australia) and of which he is a custodian. As he describes: "When the emus came into Ngarleyekwerlang, they came into contact with a large group of bush turkeys who had hidden a lot of bush tomatoes in trenches within the land. The emus had been travelling for a long time, and after arriving in Ngarleyekwerlang, wanted to find and eat food. However, when the emu’s found the bush tomatoes, the turkeys wouldn’t share and a fight began. The tomatoes were scattered across the countryside, marking the landscape. My artwork is an aerial view of that land."
