Trees at Talaalpi - Bishop Sleeves Top - Silver and Gold on Black (Silk)

Trees at Talaalpi - Bishop Sleeves Top - Silver and Gold on Black (Silk)This bishop sleeves top features Alice Nampitjinpa Dixon's design, which depicts the trees of Talaalpi Alice's own Country, situated close to Kintore on the Western Australian border, where she grew up before moving to Haasts Bluff later in life. Alice was born in 1943 near Talaalpi, close to Walungurru on the Western Australian border, and taught dancing and desert traditions at Kintore School before she began painting. Her father was the late Uta

Discreet side zip

The design shows the artist's father's country

I learnt from her

from Arnhem Land to Central and the Western Desert regions

Focusing on the relationship between land and sky

and the lines between them are the tracks of animals looking for water

A sleeveless A-line mini dress with a high round neckline and clean silhouette

91 x 152 cm is medium

These are the sandhills in her country after the rain

leading on a tradition of painting story and country that continues today

hiding in rockholes and caves amid the sandy desert plains

This Doris Day shift dress by Leonie Kamutu depicts the Papa Tjukurrpa - the Dog Dreaming of her father's Country at Niyuman