Munupi Arts & Crafts Association
Carol Puruntaatameri
Australia
Using natural ochres, Carol paints on Canvas and Stringybark with a combination ofpaint brush and a pwoja, the traditional Tiwi comb-like painting tool.
“When old man, my father’s brother Justine Puruntatameri, did painting he brought all us children and grandchildren to the Munupi Art Centre teaching us to carry on. I used to watch my father painting Pukumani poles and during Kuluma ceremony he was painting his body by holding the mirror.”
Carol has been a painter at Munupi Arts since 2010 and in 2024 she was selected as a finalist for the 2024 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (Telstra NATSIAA).
Carol’s paintings tells the story of Purrukupali and the place Yipali, the beach where Purrukapali walked with his dead son Jinani. Baby Jinani died when Purrukupali's wife Wayayi (Bima) took him out searching for food in the mangroves. While Bima was looking for mussels and things Purrukapli's brother Moo