Scorched Earth Aboriginal Art Polyester Chiffon Scarf - Pikilyi Jukurrpa

Scorched Earth Aboriginal Art Polyester Chiffon Scarf - Pikilyi Jukurrpa by Sarah Napaljarri Simms

Size:  30cm x 140cm
made in Australia

About the Artist/Artwork
Sarah Napaljarri Sims was born in 1988 in Balgo, a remote Aboriginal community in Western Australia, linked with both the Great Sandy Desert and the Tanami Desert. Her Mum was from Balgo and her Dad from Nyirripi, another remote Aboriginal community approx. 660 km north-east from Balgo.  

Sara began painting with Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, an Aboriginal owned and governed art centre located in Yuendumu, in 2013. She paints her Grandmother’s Jukurrpa, stories about women’s ceremony held near Pikilyi (Vaughan Springs). ”I use to watch my grandmother paint and listen to her stories.”  These stories have been passed down through generations for millennia and relate directly to the land, its features and the plants and animals that inhabit it. Sara finds painting relaxing and uses an unrestricted palette to develop a modern interpretation of her traditional culture.