Watiya Tjuta Fabric - Gold on Tangerine (Silk) 50cm Clothes locally called bush lolly

locally called bush lolly

Alice depicts the trees of Talaalpi - her own Country

he went to Papunya

He was one of the first partners of the Papunya Tula art movement and a key figure for the Western Desert painting movement

Do not tumble dry

Watiya Tjuta Fabric - Gold on Tangerine (Silk) 50cm Clothes locally called bush lollyThis fabric by Mitjili Napurrula depicts the Watiya Tjuta the acacia trees of Uwalkari country in the Gibson Desert used to make kulata (ceremonial spears). This is her father's Tjukurrpa, passed down to her by her mother, who first drew it for her in the sand. Mitjili was born in 1945 at Papunya and began painting at Ikuntji Women's Centre in 1992, winning the Alice Springs Art Prize in 1999. Mitjili passed away in April 2019. Her designs continue to