- Title: Glingennayn Hill
- Artist: Mabel Juli
- Region: Kimberley
- Art Centre: Warmun Art Centre
- Medium: Etching
- Collection:
- Dimensions: 19.5 x 24.5 cm
- Edition Size: 20
- Price ($AUD): $ 400.00
Artwork Story
Mabel Juli is a dedicated, innovative artist. She primarily paints the Ngarrangkarni (Dreaming) stories of her Darrajayin country, which is covered largely by Springvale Station.
‘I started painting when the old girl [Queenie McKenzie] was here – she was the one who taught me to paint. She told me, ‘You try that painting’, and I started to paint. I was doing that Karnkiny [Moon Dreaming]; that’s the painting I started with – because my mother and father told me that Ngarrangkarni [Dreamtime] story. I was reminded of all those stories from my mum and dad – like Glingennayn Hill and the Old Woman Singing Out for Her Dog. Those stories come from my country [Springvale – south of Warmun].
‘They used to take me out bush when I was a little girl – good size – and they told me all about those Dreamtime stories. And I always remember those stories. I got ‘em in my brain.’
© Warmun Art Centre 2004