My Country | 95h x 61w | RK172
Not stretched or framed | Acrylic on canvas
Fiona Young Napanangka is an Anmatyerre artist from the Utopia region of the Northern Territory. Utopia is a large Indigenous community located approximately 300km north east of Alice Springs. She was born near Pungkupirri waterhole near Tjukurla in Western Australia. She lived in Docker River and Warakurna before moving to Tjukurla with her husband Adrian Young (deceased), their children and extended family.
Fiona is the daughter of Tjawina Porter Nampitjinpa and niece to Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa (deceased) and Esther Giles Nampitjinpa, all of whom are well-known artists and respected elders of their community. Fiona has a strong connection to her country and is one of the senior custodians of the stories which describe the creation of her ancestors and the landscape which surrounds her homelands.
Her paintings depict the tjukurrpa/dreaming of her Country around Tjukurla and Warakurna through beautifully intricate explorations of line and space. They represent the main areas of significance for her family, sites and places for ceremonies and the area to source water and vital bush foods. She paints looking down on her country the rockholes at Yumari, Tjukurla, Punkilpirri and Tjalili and their travels between these rockholes.
Her work is sought-after by collectors and art buyers alike, around Australian and internationally.
