Native Seed Dreaming by Sarah Napurrurla
| Artist: | Sarah Napurrurla |
| Title: | Native Seed Dreaming |
| Medium: | Acrylic on linen |
| Size: | 30 X 30cm |
| Code: | 0386 |
Sarah Napurrula Leo paints for the Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation located at the Yuendumu community 300km north-west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. Established in 1985, Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation is a fully Aboriginal owned and governed art centre with over 600 members. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the sale of all art works go directly back to the artists and their community projects.
The art centre is famous for its gloriously colourful acrylic paintings with many of its members work collectable having been featured in hundreds of exhibitions both in Australia and around the world .The art centre is both a stronghold of traditional Warlpiri culture and an essential part of Yuendumu's community life.
Lukarrara is a type of grass that bears edible seeds in the winter-time. The seeds are traditionally ground on a large stone ('puturlu') with a smaller stone ('ngalikirri') to make flour. This flour is mixed with water to make small seed cakes. In contemporary Warlpiri paintings traditional iconography is used to represent the dreaming, particular sites and other elements. In paintings of the native seed small round dots are often used to represent the seed.
Digital Finery.