Lawrence Pennington

2017, acrylic on linen
1370 x 900 mm
Cat No. 17-220

Selected: Men from Spinifex Country
Spinifex Arts Project

Lawrence, a senior lawman from Spinifex has painted his country of Pukara. Pukara holds the Wati Kutjara Tjukurpa (Two Men Creation story) and often these Tjukurpa sites are linked through story and geography. In this case Pukara is linked to a well known Western Desert area called Mituna, the place of Lawrence’s birth. Pukara is a site in which two large snakes, a father and son are travelling on initiation business. Often when an area or story are sacred, details are limited. In this case Lawrence has mentioned certain symbols he's used to represent the story, the two large circular motifs are both the two main water holes at Pukara and also the father and son. The lines represent the men and their movement through the country. They are responsible for many of the waterholes and geographical features in the northern portion of the Spinifex area.