Daisy Napaltjarri Jugadai - Magical Country
Today I saw Daisy’s clouds.
That is what happens to someone who admires
Daisy Napaltjarri Jugadai’s art, and how she depicts clouds.
We see her clouds everywhere and smile.
Daisy painted country around her Haasts Bluff home and whilst each painting has a familiarity they are all distinctly unique in their depiction of different areas of her country.
Daisy layering her country of Haasts Bluff Range, Atji Creek and Memory Hill (TDNJ 405)
Her 2004 painting (TDNJ 405) of Haasts Bluff Range, Atji Creek and Memory Hill depicts the Haasts Bluff Range, Atji Creek and Memory Hill by a sandstone dome with rockholes and desert oak country. In the foreground are bush tomato, bush grape, passionfruit, fig bush tobacco gum and Christmas tree. And Daisy clouds.
Daisy painting layer over layer in her Mt Wish 2003 painting (TDNJ 307)
It is easy to see that Daisy’s 2003 painting (TDNJ 307) of Mount Wish, north of Papunya, is of a very different part of country. Although it depicts a sandstone dome and desert oak country this one has deep waterways and rockholes. In addition to the vegetation in the above painting this one also depicts bush blackberries, bush flour, bush onion, quandong tee and bottle tree. And Daisy’s very special pink clouds.
Daisy Napaltjarri Jugadai - Daisy painting 183cm x 67cm (TDNJ 604)
Daisy’s Mereenie, South of Haasts Bluff painting (TDNJ 604), like the two above shows a sandstone dome and desert oak country but in the foreground are fewer different plants being bush grape, star flowers, bottle tree and bush tobacco gum. And Daisy clouds.
Daisy was the only artist at Tingari Arts who leant her canvas up against a table, wall or chair to paint. The only part of the painting she did whilst it was lying flat was her Daisy clouds.
To paint Daisy always had her canvas up against a table, wall, chair or tree
She would begin the painting with the sandstone dome from its top to the bottom of the canvas and then layer and layer the rest of the story until the foreground plants are complete.
Daisy’s painting enthuses her spirit.
Molly Napaltjarri Jugadai, Pansy Napangati, Daisy Napaltjarri Jugada and Cynthia Napaltjarri Jugadai, Tingari Arts 2004
