In this painting, Marie tells the story of the land she grew up on. Purrkitji, Sturt Creek. The many circles depicts different swamps and billabongs where she would go as...
In this painting, Marie tells the story of the land she grew up on. Purrkitji, Sturt Creek. The many circles depicts different swamps and billabongs where she would go as a child to collect pinanyi. This is a waterlily, you have to follow the root of the flower down into the mud to pull out a crisp and sweet tuber. The circle second from the top on the right is a very sad and important story, it is a massacre site. Where kartiya killed many Aboriginal people. The U shape at the bottom is a windbreak, wirriyiny in Jaru or wungku in kukatja. The old people used to make windbreaks to make shelter to sleep.