Watiya Juta A4894 Works on Paper Exhibition watercolour and pen on paper

watercolour and pen on paper

The iconography surrounding the rock pools are the sandhills (Tali) that the women must travel over to reach the water

On display at Sofitel Brisbane Central

Sacred elements are deliberately abstracted or obscured to avoid revealing restricted knowledge

Watiya Juta A4894 Works on Paper Exhibition watercolour and pen on paperYear: 2004 Size: 200 x 200cm acrylic on linen This painting is Mitjili Napurrulas depiction of the traditional story Watiya Juta. This painting shows the iconography of the desert oakwood trees, red sandhills and rocks of her fathers country to the west of her community of Haasts Bluff in Central Australia. The iconography that Mitjili uses in represents the women's side of the Tjukurrpa story, which belonged to her father. It shows the trees that