'This one’s about my grandfather’s country, my uncle’s country and my mother’s country. A waterhole ‘Waturlpunya’ in Karrinyarra and a chain of pointy hills, all within one country. I’ve been seeing those hills, part of that country. I only paint this one story. I depict all the woman sitting down, story telling. They’re herewith their nulla nullas. This one is another waterhole, there’s lots of food here - bush tomato and other fruit. The women were looking for food that’s in abundance and have collected bush bean. They’ve lived off bushtucker for a long time. They’re sitting at the water’s edge resting after foraging for bush tucker. They’re watching the waterhole and digging for water, collecting it, stooped, with their heads down, seated on the ground. They’ve been living there in a big camp for a long time, in this distant place. A long time ago they camped in another place in Waturlpunyu ... a long time before now, around another big waterhole in a water dreaming place. They camped there for some time before they grew up and spread out in many different directions moving to communities like Papunya. Papunya was close by, so they ended up staying there.

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Title: Kapi Dreaming, Karrinyarra
Artist: Rhonda Napanangka
Medium: Acrylic on Linen
Dimensions: 663 x 663mm- Tasmanian Oak Frame
Catalogue Number: 9586-18

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