Two Brothers: Mr Wagin & Whiskey
Past exhibition
Whiskey Tjukangku
Arrernte Country
acrylic on canvas
153 x 61 cm
788785
Whiskey has painted Arrernte Country. As a young man Whiskey worked as a 'Cowboy' mustering cattle and breaking in horses for station owners. After a while he became homesick and...
Whiskey has painted Arrernte Country. As a young man Whiskey worked as a 'Cowboy' mustering cattle and breaking in horses for station owners. After a while he became homesick and so came back to his Ngura (country) on the APY Lands SA. Whiskey says this is not a Tjukurpa (Dreaming) story in this painting, it is him remembering that place he used to work. He remembers alot of good tucker in that country and the men and women use to go hunting for rabbits and other bush meat.