PAINTING OF THE WEEK
🎨 Painting of the Week: Tjungkara Ken
Size: 1220 x 1980 mm | Medium: Acrylic on Linen
This week, we celebrate Tjungkara Ken, a highly regarded contemporary Aboriginal artist whose works pulse with ancestral strength, rich colours, and the enduring spirit of Country. Her featured painting is both vast in scale and breathtaking in its storytelling — a canvas that brings together memory, place, and Dreaming.
🖼 About the Painting
This monumental painting (1220 x 1980 mm) is a breathtaking exploration of Tjukurpa (Dreaming), centred on the landscapes and stories of Tjungkara’s Country. Bold strokes of vibrant reds, deep blacks, and radiant yellows evoke the desert earth, fire, and spirit. Circular motifs represent waterholes and sacred sites, while pathways stretch across the canvas, mapping the ancestral journeys of her people.
What stands out is the sheer scale — the painting feels alive, with movement and energy radiating from every brushstroke. The layering of colour creates a dynamic rhythm, echoing the songs, ceremonies, and stories that have been carried for countless generations.
This is not just a painting to look at — it’s an immersive presence. The longer you sit with it, the more it reveals — pathways hidden within colour, connections unfolding between form and story.
For collectors, a work of this calibre by Tjungkara Ken represents both cultural significance and contemporary brilliance. It is a painting that will anchor any collection, carrying the voice of Country and the power of an artist at the peak of her practice.
