Snake Dreaming Original Art

Warlpiri artist Maureen Hudson Nampijinpa draws on a broad collection of traditional stories to create the diverse range of styles and motifs that we see in her paintings. Her images of the Water Dreaming site at Mikantji show the creeks and waterways that the Ancestor Rainmaker created when he unleashed a giant storm. The repeated patterns of waterholes spread across the canvas as though it was a vast tract of land. Maureen Hudson Nampijinpa also paints designs associated with women’s ceremonies, including ochre body paint designs applied to the dancer’s bodies and the ritual sweeping of the Ceremonial grounds. These paintings relate to the Women’s ceremonies around Mt Allan, the artists birth place. Other subjects painted by Maureen Hudson Nampijinpa include Tali or sandhill designs and images under the title of My Country, depicting the iconic features of the artist’s desert country homelands. Maureen Hudson Nampijinpa is recognised for her subtle skills in creating t