Debra Nangala McDonald b. 1963
Goanna Love Story by Debra Nangala McDonald, 2019
75 x 155 cm
29 1/2 x 61 1/8 inches
29 1/2 x 61 1/8 inches
acrylic on canvas
TIAA-DM201910
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Debra inherited the Goanna Love Story Dreaming story from her grandfather, and like him, paints stories that are significant to the country surrounding Karrkurutinyja (Lake Macdonald) and the community of...
Debra inherited the Goanna Love Story
Dreaming story from her grandfather, and like him, paints stories that are
significant to the country surrounding Karrkurutinyja (Lake Macdonald) and the
community of Kintore, straddling the border of Western Australia and the
Northern Territory. The small concentric circle is the hole in the sandbank where
the goanna lives. The large circle depicts the contours of the tali (sandhills)
surrounding the goanna’s hole. The elongated designs on either side
represent the tracks of the goanna as he searches the sandhills to find a wife.
This design connects to the sacred Tingari Dreaming Cycle of the Western
Desert, and relates to the Goanna Spirit beings of the Dreaming journeys as
they travelled across vast distances of desert country. This story is connected
to a sacred place to the west of the Sandy Blight Junction in Western
Australia.
Dreaming story from her grandfather, and like him, paints stories that are
significant to the country surrounding Karrkurutinyja (Lake Macdonald) and the
community of Kintore, straddling the border of Western Australia and the
Northern Territory. The small concentric circle is the hole in the sandbank where
the goanna lives. The large circle depicts the contours of the tali (sandhills)
surrounding the goanna’s hole. The elongated designs on either side
represent the tracks of the goanna as he searches the sandhills to find a wife.
This design connects to the sacred Tingari Dreaming Cycle of the Western
Desert, and relates to the Goanna Spirit beings of the Dreaming journeys as
they travelled across vast distances of desert country. This story is connected
to a sacred place to the west of the Sandy Blight Junction in Western
Australia.
