Born 'in the bush’ near the Canning Stock Route c.1953, Ena Gimme was a member of the Mulan community and a Kukatja speaker. She spent her early years in the area around Kinyu, north of the Canning Stock Route. Her traditional country was Kalliyangku, near the Canning Stock Route, and her main Dreamings are Tingari stories. The artist’s work shared more in common with that of older Warlayirti painters than it did with that of her peers. Perhaps this shows the influence of her mother, Eubena Nampitjin , on whose paintings she sometimes assisted. Ena Gimme began painting for Warlayirti Artists in 1989. She used layers of different coloured dotting to create 'rough’ but dramatic works, often with a 'floral’ look.
- Writers:
- Johnson, Vivien
- Date written:
- 1994
- Last updated:
- 2011
