Bill Tjampitjin Doonday b. c.1930

  • Artist (Painter)
Ngarti speaker who paints for Warlayirti Artists in Balgo (WA). His work often makes reference to Men's Law and is recognised for its figurative elements.
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Name
Bill Tjampitjin Doonday
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
c.1930
Birth place
Stansmore Ranges, Western Australia
Birth note
"in the bush"
Active Period
  • 1989
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Mangkai (Stansmore Ranges)
Dreaming
  • Emu
  • Tingari
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary
Copyright
  • Warlayirti Artists, Balgo, WA

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Biography <p></p> <p>Born 'in the bush' in the area near the Stansmore Ranges c.1930, <b>*Bill Doonday</b>* is a Ngarti speaker. His country is Mangkai (the Stansmore Ranges) and his principal Dreamings belong, like those of most of his Pintupi countrymen further to the east, to the Tingari cycle. He also paints Emu Dreamings. He began painting for Warlayirti Artists in 1989. <b>*Bill Doonday's</b>* work is typical of the work of the other men working out of the Mulan community near Balgo, WA. It shows more figurative elements than one would find in the work of the Kukatja artists at Balgo itself. There may be traditional reasons for this; the artist does not connect it to European influences. His work is full of references to Men's Law.</p>