Two Men Dreaming by Queenie Stewart Nungarrayi - 98 x 169 cm (#QSN 010307)

Two Men Dreaming, by Queenie Stewart Nungarrayi, represents designs associated with ceremony. During the Dream time two men ancestors used to leave their camp and go hunting for kangaroos and other animals. They were fully initiated men and they were carrying spears, boomerangs, clubs and ceremonial objects. In this story they were fighting with other Old Men and they won the battle.

Queenie has depicted this story using traditional Warlpiri iconography. the 'U' shape on the top and the bottom of the painting are camping men. The concentric circles symbolize ceremonial places, important camping grounds and waterholes. Oval shapes represent shields carried by the men. Triangular and round shapes on the edges depict vegetation and bush tucker.

Queenie has inherited this story from her father Paddy Stewart Japaljarri. Queenies works are represented in Australia and Overseas.