Gimme Shelter : A survey show from the artists of Fitzroy Valley
Past exhibition
Daisy Japulija Australian, Nyikina/Walmajarri, b. c. 1948
Billabongs
acrylic on canvas
90 x 120 cm
831180
Daisy is a descendent of the Walmajarri who moved north from the desert in the first half of the last century, her parents settling at Noonkoonbah. Daisy was born there...
Daisy is a descendent of the Walmajarri who moved north from the desert in the first half of the last century, her parents settling at Noonkoonbah. Daisy was born there by the banks of the Fitzroy River. Shelives in Noonkoonbah with her husband Colin Wasi, and also her sister Sonia Kurarra when she comes tovisit. Like her sister, Daisy paints an array of motifs associated with the river and billabongs of the Noonkoonbah area