PATRICK MUNG MUNG - PURNULULA

 PATRICK MUNG MUNG
PURNULULA,  2007
150 x 180 cm
Natural Earth Pigments on Canvas
 
PROVENANCE
Warmun Art Centre, WAPrivate Collection, NSW 
 
STORY
Purnululu (the Bungle Bungle ranges in the East Kimberley) was Patrickā€™s grandfatherā€™s and great grandfather's country. Patrick Mung Mung was the son of senior Gija leader George Mung Mung a renowned teacher and community leader. He grew up on Texas Downs Station and was amongst the last to leave when the stockman life ended in the 1970s. He began painting following his father's death in 1991 and developed his own distinctive style influenced by the generation of Warmun artists who preceded him. His paintings are noted for multiple perspectives, dynamic energy both in and of the landscape, and a delightful soft earthy palette.