MATTHEW MINTERN
Mungili Rock Holes
Region: Pilbara
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 46cm (h) x 76cm (w)
Price: $490
Artwork Description:
“Mungili rock hole. Big rock hole, big Country. I never see that place. My mother born [there], her and her grandmother walk through there, they tell me story [for that place]. Mother born there in the Country Mungili, walking through the bush. There is a camping spot, camping in bush – bush, bush, bush. [Points at painting] This is the lake Country and goes through there.”
– Matthew Mintern
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ARTIST BIO
“I’ve been learning painting, my misses learned me painting, Vivianne Porter, my wife. I was doing painting with them, I was living with Vivianne my wife, in the community Jigalong. I’ve gone to Alice Springs, I’ve gone Adelaide for her painting.” – Matthew Mintern
Matthew’s father is from Jigalong, and speaks Manyjilyjarra. His mother grew up in the bush and eventually moved to Wiluna to start a family. Matthew is the first of his brothers and sisters and went through men’s business in Jigalong.
