Minnie Lumai
Untitled 2007
Natural ochre on canvas 130 x125cm
Catalogue:976507
- Small Presents - Big Presence: 2009
- First and Second Generation Artists from Waringarri Aboriginal Arts and Warmun Art Centre: 2009
- Minnie Lumai - Red Honey: 2009
- Irresistible: Minnie Lumai: 2007
Artist's Statement
In the early days I was a kid living at Newry Station. I looked after the goats and milked the cows and I knew how to make the butter. After that I got married and went to Argyle Homestead. I worked there in the house. Old Sheeba taught me how to make bread and then I knew how to cook for the stock camp.We went to Lissadel. Next I came to Kununurra. I looked after my kids here. I been watching all those people painting at the art centre – every morning I watched them and I asked my sister if I could come and paint.Now I come here and paint and I dance here too.
Clan (Skin): Namij
Language: Miriwoong
Country: Bubble Bubble
Dreaming: Butcher Bird, Kingfisher