Lake Mackay - Anita Dress (Blue on Pink)

Lake Mackay - Anita Dress (Blue on Pink)This Anita dress by Zakius Jack depicts Wilkinkarra Lake Mackay, his father's Country and Tjukurrpa. The story tells of a great bushfire coming from the east, turning the land into a lake. The circles represent waterholes scattered across the Country, and the lines between them are the tracks of animals looking for water. Zakius was born near Papunya in 1970, the son of Ikuntji founding member Eunice Napanangka Jack and Gideon Tjupurrula Jack, who was

She paints the sandhills surrounding this country

The white pigment eddies around abstract forms that refer to the spearwood trees

shirts or knits

the ancient hot springs at the edge of the Simpson Desert

cooking it in the fire

as well as sand hills and other plants

I was born at Kuruyultu

This bishop sleeves top by Leonie Kamutu depicts the Papa Tjukurrpa - the Dog Dreaming of her father's Country at Niyuman

Eunice Napanangka Jack was born in 1940 at Lupul in the Sir Frederick Ranges

The story was handed down to the artist by her grandfather and it's a men's story

Care: Cold gentle machine or hand wash

which depicts the puli puli (rocks) at two Country sites: Haasts Bluff