DESERT CREATURES: A Study of Figurative animals from the Desert
Past exhibition
Rupert Jack Australian, Pitjantjatjara, b. 1951
Stockman Story, 2021
stoneware
20 x 45 cm various
350C-21
Mr Jack was a stockman. He likes to tell stories about his time as a stockman on nearby cattle stations and as young fella working at the sheep station at...
Mr Jack was a stockman. He likes to tell stories about his time as a stockman on nearby cattle stations and as young fella working at the sheep station at Ernabella Mission. Mr Jack says about those days "good memories! good times! A time staying strong in my heart" His piece pays tribute to the stockman sitting around a campfire drinking a kapati (cup of tea) and telling stories like Mr Kulyuru’ time at the rodeo in Alice Springs or Mr Ingkatji on his horse and cart.