Maureen Hudson Nampijinpa
Skin Name: Nampijinpa/ Nampitjinpa
Language: Warlpiri
Region: Yuelamu, Central Australia
Resides: Adelaide S.A.
Language: Warlpiri
Region: Yuelamu, Central Australia
Resides: Adelaide S.A.
Maureen and Julianne holding Maureen's beautiful "Milky Way". This one sold immediately however, if it's singing to you something similar can be commissioned as this is one of Maureen's Dreaming Stories
Maureen Nampijinpa Hudson and Nancy Napanardi Martin "Water Dreaming" ( Women collecting water from waterholes ) ... 92x92x4cm acrylic on canvas, stretched
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Maureen Nampijinpa Hudson and Nancy Napanardi Martin with their painting Titled "Bush Bean" . 50x70x1cm stretched. The background is full of tiny details. We see the women sitting with their Cololomons (wooden basket) & Digging sticks amongst their Campsites and Wind breaks when they are gathering tucker.
Maureen Nampijinpa Hudson and Nancy Napanardi Martin."Women Dancing" ( before their Initiation Ceremony ) 60x60x1cm We love this - we can really get the busy-ness of the women as they prepare for Ceremony. This is an arial view - we can imagine everyone all excited and helping each other get ready. acrylic on canvas, stretched
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All original pieces by Aboriginal Artist Maureen Hudson Nampijinpa
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Maureen Hudson Nampitjinpa was born in1959 in the bush at Mount Allen cattle station. Today, the cattle station is called Yuelamu and is Aboriginal owned. Maureen attended school at the Yuendumu settlement in the 1960's and returned to Mount Allan and worked as a school teacher's assistant. She has four children.
Maureen began painting in 1981. She is an accomplished artist and is a respected member of her community. Her first love is painting in which she refers to this, as culture art. Maureen's artworks depict traditional Warlpiri Dreamtime stories. Her painting's originate from Warlukulongu - her father's and grandfather's country. Her ancestral Dreaming's include emu, fire, and women's ceremonies, which have been passed down from her mother's involvement in traditional ceremony. Maureen has been an Artist in Residence at the Mulgara Gallery in Yulara (Uluru- Ayers Rock) and featured in many prestigious exhibitions.
Maureen began painting in 1981. She is an accomplished artist and is a respected member of her community. Her first love is painting in which she refers to this, as culture art. Maureen's artworks depict traditional Warlpiri Dreamtime stories. Her painting's originate from Warlukulongu - her father's and grandfather's country. Her ancestral Dreaming's include emu, fire, and women's ceremonies, which have been passed down from her mother's involvement in traditional ceremony. Maureen has been an Artist in Residence at the Mulgara Gallery in Yulara (Uluru- Ayers Rock) and featured in many prestigious exhibitions.
