This painting titled Lappi Lappi was painted by Christine Curtis in 2016 in Yuendumu, ca. 250 km north/west of Alice Springs in Central Australia and was bought by Boomerang Art from the Aboriginal owned Art Centre in Yuendumu. The painting is on quality linen and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

Artist's Story:

Lappi Lappi is an area near Lake Hazlett, about 90 km northwest of Lake Mackay in Western Australia. The country belongs to Nampijinpa/Jampijinpa and Nangala/Jangala skin groups. Located in a sheltered basin, the rock hole at Lappi Lappi is a permanent source of water, and is surrounded by country rich in bush tucker. In the time of the Jukurrpa (Dreamtime) many mothers with young children would gather there because it was a safe place to stay.

Christine Nakamarra Curtis was born in 1983 in Alice Springs. She was born into a family of artists, which include Kelly Napanangka Michaels, her mother, Roy Jupurrurla Curtis, her father and Alice Nampijinpa Henwood Michaels, her Aunty. She is the eldest of 7 sisters and spent most of her childhood at Nyirripi, a remote Aboriginal community located 150 km north-west of Yuendumu. She attended her local school, then Yirara College, an Aboriginal boarding college in Alice Springs. When she finished schooling she returned to Nyirripi where she worked in the local store. “I love the place. I grew up here – learning from the old people.” Christine began painting with Warlukurlangu Artists of Yuendumu ca. 240 kms north/west of Alice Springs and paints her grandparent’s dreaming on her mother’s side, Dreamings which relate directly to her land, its features and the plants and animals that inhabit it.

Christine uses an unrestricted palette to develop a modern interpretation of her traditional culture.