Watiya Tjuta Fabric - Gold on Tangerine (Silk) 50cm

Watiya Tjuta Fabric - Gold on Tangerine (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

Mitjili was born in 1945 at Papunya and began painting at Ikuntji Women's Centre in 1992

and her daughter Virgillia Multa paint the ininti at Muruntji

I saw my grandma painting

A cropped bishop sleeves top with a boxy fit

This A-line mini dress by Lisa Multa depicts a bird's eye view of the tali tali (sandhills) at Kungkayunti (Brown's Bore) - the Country of her father Joe Tjakamarra Multa

She passed away in April 2019

as well as sand hills and other plants

High-waisted wide-leg pants with belt loops

It tells the story about a large bushfire coming from the east turning the land into a lake

her family's Country west of Haasts Bluff

where she grew up before moving to Haasts Bluff later in life

That next morning I was born