Alcaston Gallery is excited to present new paintings by CORNELIA TIPUAMANTUMIRRI in her third solo exhibition Warnarringa - Jarrikalani: Sun - Turtle. Also included are two beautiful paintings by her talented daughter Delores Tipuamantumirri.

Cornelia Tipuamantumirri depicts Jilamara - Tiwi designs. She is also inspired by the tidal movements around her country of Pirlangimipi on Melville Island, Northern Territory, which carry masses of salt into the sand, transforming the coastal landscape. The luminous patterns in her paintings emulate the effects of waves breaking on the sand, and the shapes and forms that banapa (fishing nets) create when cast into the sea.

In 2012 Cornelia was named a finalist in the 29th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. In 2012, Alcaston Gallery proudly held Cornelia Tipuamantumirri’s first solo exhibition, and since then Cornelia's work has been collected by major institutions including National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, and The Aboriginal Art Museum in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
- Beverly Knight 2014

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courtesy of the artist and Alcaston Gallery