My Country

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TitleMy CountryDescriptionJacinta is one of the celebrated Numina sisters, whose bold, confident, and colourful paintings are enjoyed in homes throughout Australia and all over the world. Her 2 aunts are Gloria and Kathleen Petyarre – who taught her to paint the Bush Medicine Leaf ceremony (Aunty Gloria) and Thorny Lizard Dreaming (Aunty Kathleen). Jacinta is also a great niece of Emily Kngwarreye and Kudditji Kngwarreye, who along with Minnie Pwerle and Ada Bird Petyarre, are the most internationally acclaimed artists of the Aboriginal Art Movement of the Utopia Aboriginal Lands of the Eastern Desert that emerged in the 1970s.

Jacinta began her career as an artist in the early 1980s at Stirling Station when a number of women elders from the Utopia region started painting. In 1996 she moved to Darwin to study art and completed her Associate Degree in Art and Design at Charles Darwin University (CDU) in 2003.
The central themes in Jacinta's work relate to her extensive knowledge of Anmatyerre (Women's) Law and of Country, as well as her experiences of growing up at Stirling Station.
Notes from Raintree art

On the back of the painting is written 'Three song lines One Country', connecting to the work - Bush medicine leaves, Body Paint and Bush Yams

Date2022TechniqueAcrylic on canvasCreatorJacinta Numina WaughDimensions380mm x 550mmCategoryArt | Indigenous Art Collection

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CollectionIndigenous Art CollectionPersonGloria Petyarre

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