Warnajilyjikarraji by Jimmy Pike
Warnajilyjikarraji by Jimmy Pike
Original Limited Edition Fine Art Print by Artist
Print 75/100, 30 x 42 cm
’Snake living in the sandhills. It eats sand and lives in a hole. When a big mob come in, they make smooth tracks going round. Sometimes they might fight over a female snake. Sometimes the female runs away, leaves them fighting.’ - Jimmy Pike
Jimmy Pike (c1940-2002) was a Walmatjarri Aboriginal artist. He lived in a Bush camp on the edge of the remote Great Sandy Desert of north Western Australia where he painted, producing the art for which he has become so well known.
Jimmy’s paintings of the physical and spiritual quality of his traditional Walmajarri country added a new dynamism to the central positions of landscape in Australian art. They project a new dimension to our understanding of connections of place and identity.
Jimmy Pike is one of Australia’s most famous Aboriginal artists. He is represented in the collections of all major Australian public art galleries and museums.
This work is a screen print of an original series of lino cuts. Pike carved his lino with uneven zig zag lines a technique similar to carved boat nuts, a practice common in the Kimberley region. The deep cutting of Pike’s lino meant they were often too fragile for subsequent editions.
