Linus Warlapinni

Skin: Wulinjuwula (Mosquito)
Dot Texture Short 2

Linus Warlapinni worked with the Conservation Commission for many years in Parks and Wildlife. On his retirement from the Commission he became a plant operator with the Council, driving large machinery building and maintaining roads and airstrips on Melville Island. When he needed to spend more time caring for his family, he decided to draw on his family ties and so began painting for Jilamara Arts and Craft Association in 2002. Linus is the son of the late acclaimed Jilamara artist Freda Warlapinni (c 1928-2003) and like Freda came to painting later in life after a career elsewhere.

In his retirement years, Linus has become one of the art centre’s most exciting and prolific artists, attracting attention from collectors and gallerists. His unique style of painting draws heavily on the geometric designs of the Pukumani ceremony. These designs are derived from ceremonial shapes and patterns often referred to very generally as jilamara  ¾ compositions of kurluwukari, pwanga and marlipinyini [circles, dots and lines] using turtiyanginari [locally sourced earth pigments] historically painted on the body, carved tutini poles and tunga [bark baskets] for Pukumani ceremony on the Tiwi Islands. Linus passed away in 2016.

Artworks by Linus Warlapinni

Jilamara - Print - Linus Warlapinni

Jilamara

172-14-3/4

$230

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Linus Warlapinni
31 x 15cm image, 45 x 26cm paper
Jilamara - Print - Linus Warlapinni

Jilamara

WB-LW1-AP

$288

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Linus Warlapinni
24 x 34cm (image) Japanese woodblock
Jilamara - Print - Linus Warlapinni

Jilamara

WB-LW2-AP

$288

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Linus Warlapinni
34 x 24cm image area, Japanese woodblock
Jilamara - Print - Linus Warlapinni

Jilamara

LW-L-8-10

$230

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Linus Warlapinni
30 x 30cm, reduction linocut
Jilamara - Print - Linus Warlapinni

Jilamara

541b-13

$345

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Linus Warlapinni
30 x 30cm, linocut with hand coloured with natural ochres - each print individual
Pwoja-Pukumani Body Paint Design - Painting - Linus Warlapinni

Pwoja-Pukumani Body Paint Design

554-06

$1,150

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Linus Warlapinni
56 x 76 cm Natural Ochres on Paper
Jilamara - Painting - Linus Warlapinni

Jilamara

132-06

$2,300

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Linus Warlapinni
95 x 75cm, natural ochres on canvas
Jilamara - Painting - Linus Warlapinni

Jilamara

1227-03

$1,150

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Linus Warlapinni
75x59.cmLarge, natural ochres on canvas
Jilamara - Painting - Linus Warlapinni

Jilamara

360-13

$1,955

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Linus Warlapinni
90 x 70 cm, natural ochres on canvas
Jilamara - Painting - Linus Warlapinni

Jilamara

41-12

$2,185

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Linus Warlapinni
120 x 56cm
Jilamara - Painting - Linus Warlapinni

Jilamara

193-08

$3,795

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Linus Warlapinni
60 x 200cm ochre on canvas
Pumpuni Jilamara - Painting - Linus Warlapinni

Pumpuni Jilamara

567-04

$1,955

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Linus Warlapinni
90 x 70 cm, Natural Ochres on Linen/Canvas
Jilamara - Painting - Linus Warlapinni

Jilamara

313-14

$1,955

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Linus Warlapinni
90 x 70cm, Natural ochres on canvas
Jilamara - Print - Linus Warlapinni

Jilamara

AP439-13-2/2

$569

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Linus Warlapinni
33 x 50cm, etching
Jilamara - Painting - Linus Warlapinni

Jilamara

266-14

$1,955

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Linus Warlapinni
90 x 70 cm, natural ochres on canvas