This Wandjina, It's the Rain Maker
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I am using ochre for this painting. Ochre was used by our ancestors, and we are always using it in our traditional way, for ceremony and painting.
This Wandjina, it’s the rain maker, he is there in the cave, he sends lighting, rain and thunder. And his eyes are the eye of the cyclone. This image represents the weather. We have lots of storms here, when we have lots of rain and thunder and lightning we know Wandjina is making Country healthy and fresh, on land, river and sea.
Where you see a lot of Wandjinas they represent the laws of trees, rivers, rocks, bush fruit, animals and all of creation. The Wandjinas give the law on how we must treat and use these creations. These customs are carried on today. he Wandjina spirits are highly respected by the Worrora, Ngarinyin and Wunumbul people who live at Mowanjum and up the Gibb River Road to Kalumburru in the North West Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Philinka first began painng in 2005. She has been nurtured by Gabriella and Gordon Barunga (two of Mowanjum's most accomplished senior artists) and has always been surrounded by artists at work. Philinka has 8 children. Her early paintings show a strong sense of design with bold shapes and flat areas of colour.
Philinka’s bubbly personality and youthful exuberance add a delightful spark to the Mowamjum art studio.
Since 2024 Philinka is not only an artist for Mowanjum but also part of the arts worker team. She parcipated in several workshops - ceramics, Fashion and Design workshop and print making.
83 cm x 88 cm x 5 cm
Ochre, painting medium, on paper
