Freddy Ken
Kulata Tjuta - Many Spears | 2023 | acrylic on canvas | 100 x 80cm
Sunshine Coast National Art Prize 2025 - Finalist
Image courtesy of the artist and Ernabella Arts, Pukatja
Freddy Ken
(Pitjantjatjara/Anangu)
NT
Kulata Tjuta - Many Spears, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 80cm
Freddy is painting his grandfather's country in far west South Australia. He depicts kulata tjuta (many spears) travelling through the sky to catch wati wanampi (snake man). Those wati wanampi are moving fast through the sky. There was one woman waiting there with a baby and she said there was a wati who was nearby hiding in a bush, ready to duck down and go and then throw those spears.