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Desert Cool: Recent works from Wirrimanu

Past exhibition
17 March - 13 April 2023
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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Sadie Paddoon, Nakarra Nakarra, 2022

Sadie Paddoon Australian, Kukatja, b. 1958

Nakarra Nakarra, 2022
acrylic on linen
61 x 91.4 cm
1078-22
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Sadie has painted some country south of Balgo in the Great Sandy Desert. The country depicted here is named Nakarra Nakarra. This is the site of the Seven Sisters Dreaming,...
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Sadie has painted some country south of Balgo in the Great Sandy Desert. The country depicted here is named Nakarra Nakarra. This is the site of the Seven Sisters Dreaming, a story about seven sisters who travelled this country during the Tjukurrpa (Dreamtime) running from an old man who wanted to marry the youngest. Today at Nakarra Nakarra a group of hills embody the seven sisters. This painting represents the hills the tali (sandhills) found in this country.
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