Acrylic on Belgian linen
150 x 100 cm
Patrick has painted country in the south of the Great Sandy Desert called Ngaru
which is mulga country. This is a painting about travelling through country.
The row to the far left is the route the old people took while the next row
is where all the young girls walked. The girls would travel to Bardarra rockhole
where they would camp. There are two linear tracks representing running water.
It is these creek lines that the people followed. The weaving brown line is
Itjanjarra Creek that runs into Nunbal Tjurrnu, a permanent water source. The
rockholes include Kiwarr and Wartalpurlka. The two rows to the far right are
another tribe of people travelling through this country. The purple squares
indicate the old men while the white squares indicate the young men. Again
the girls walked along the next track following the kiliki or creek.
PROVENANCE
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills, Western Australia, painted 2001,
Catalogue number 994/01
REPRESENTED
National Gallery of Australia
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Coomalie Culture Centre Collection, Northern Territory
Artbank
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