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KATHLEEN PADDOON NAPANANGKA (born circa 1937)

Acrylic on Belgian linen
120 x 80 cm

Kathleen has painted some of her country located 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. The red sections of this painting represent the hills while the white
blocks of colour are the tali (sandhills).

PROVENANCE
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills, Western Australia, painted 2004,
Catalogue Number 836/04

In her formative years Kathleen walked around the country south of Yaka Yaka with
her mother, father, brother and uncle. This included Mangkayi, her father ’s country,
and Nantalarra and Nakarra Nakarra her mother ’s country. They would also travel
to Gordon Downs Station for rations of tea, sugar, flour and tobacco.
Kathleen commenced painting in the late 1980s and in 2002 began to emerge as a
significant artist gaining recognition for her predominately red and white paintings
of Nakarra Nakarra (Seven Sisters’ Dreaming) and the country associated with this
Tjukurrpa (Dreaming) story. She is a senior Law woman and a custodian of the
Nakarra Nakarra (Seven Sisters’ Dreaming) songs and ceremonies from the country
south of Yaka Yaka.

REPRESENTED
Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Laverty Collection