Watiya Tjuta Fabric - Silver on Cobalt (Silk) 50cm

Watiya Tjuta Fabric - Silver on Cobalt (Silk) 50cmIn this design Mitjili Napurrula depicts her fathers Tjukurrpa, the ceremonial spear straightening in Uwalkari country (Gibson desert region). The Watiya Tjuta (Acacia Trees) are the trees that are used to make these spears. Uwalkari country is abundant with Watiya Tjuta, as well as sand hills and other plants. Mitjili paints the motif of the Watiya Tjuta, carrying on the recurring motif as her mother used to draw in the sand. Her mother passed on

This design by Eunice Napanangka Jack depicts her father's Tjukurrpa (Dreaming)

The ininti grow abundantly in Muruntji country where the artist has spent much time collecting the seeds

"My grandfather speared a wallaby at Kuruyultu

there maybe minor variations in dye and design

She began painting at Watiyawanu after her marriage

I have been looking for that Yalka with my grandmother

This design is about the artist's grandmother's place

Watiya Tjuta means trees

Care: Always dry clean for silk Dupion

and taught dancing and desert traditions at Kintore School before she began painting

I paint every day

Mavis was born in 1945 at New Haven and moved to Ikuntji as a teenager