{"title":"Christine Rankine Napaljarri","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristine Rankine Napaljarri was born in Warabri {Ali Curung } and lives between Mungkarta and Tennant Creek. Her homeland is Warlapampa and she speaks Warlpiri, Alyawarr and Kaytetye language. She started to paint in 2003 taught by her mother, sister and aunties.\u003cbr\u003eShe has done her studies art Yirara College (Alice Springs) before going to Kormilda College (now Hailebury) in Darwin. She was part of the NT soccer team during her time in Alice Sprigs High School. \u003cbr\u003eChristine predominantly portrays water stories using her unique style of loose, yet heavily controlled dotting, making rhythmic and hypnotic patterns, informed and brought to life by her bold and concise colour palette of bright, psychedelic colours. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"rain-dreaming-61x61cm","title":"Rain Dreaming, 61X61cm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristine Rankine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e61cm x 61cm \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAcrylic on Canvas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRain dreaming or Ngapa Jukurrpa* is one of the major stories for the Warlpiri community living in Walapunba. The artists are often using traditional patterns, kuruwarri* to refer to the rituals that the elders used to practice for making the rain falls. Some of the elders are specialised in these rituals and are known as rainmakers. In the traditional Warlpiri iconography, the U-shape often depicts man or woman sitting, the straight line is the digging stick or the spear and the concentric circles refer to waterholes. * in Warlpiri language\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Christine Rankine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55997704536232,"sku":"25-TA140","price":480.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/2658\/0392\/files\/25-TA140_5e8ba745-50c1-4f6d-bc50-bb72c4d916e5.jpg?v=1789618282"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/2658\/0392\/collections\/21-TA48_-_High_Res_4b471113-4d91-41f1-a27b-ef6d95c678ff.jpg?v=1789535567","url":"https:\/\/artistsofbarkly.com.au\/collections\/christine-rankine-napaljarri.oembed","provider":"Artists of the Barkly","version":"1.0","type":"link"}