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This design by Noreen Dixon depicts the story of two female ancestors in the Watarru area of South Australia - two sisters fleeing a man who pursues them, hiding in rockholes and caves amid the sandy desert plains. The younger sister is pregnant; the large concentric circles represent the design painted onto pregnant women's bellies for ceremony. The two smaller circles connected by strong lines represent the chest paint of the older sister, who is protecting her. The background patterns of lines and dots represent the vast desert sands.
Noreen was born in Alice Springs and moved to Ikuntji as a child. She is the great-granddaughter of founding Papunya Tula painter Uta Uta Tjangala. She learned to paint in her mother's sacred country at Watarru in South Australia.
A robust, tightly woven cotton drill with real weight and substance. Holds colour beautifully and softens with age. 100% cotton, 148cm wide, 195gsm.
Screen printed by hand in Australia. Available by the 50cm. Every purchase goes directly back to the artist and the community.Make something with it. A dress. A cushion. Curtains. A piece of the Western Desert, made by your hands.
Every purchase from Ikuntji Artists goes directly back to the artist and the community of Haasts Bluff. Ikuntji Artists Aboriginal Corporation is 100% Aboriginal owned and governed - the first art centre in the Western Desert founded by women, for women, in 1992.
Care: Gentle cold or warm hand wash. Do not bleach, warm rinse well, do not tumble dry, line dry out of direct sunlight, warm iron. Wash dark colours separately.
This design by Noreen Dixon depicts the story of two female ancestors in the Watarru area of South Australia - two sisters fleeing a man who pursues them, hiding in rockholes and caves amid the sandy desert plains. The younger sister is pregnant; the large concentric circles represent the design painted onto pregnant women's bellies for ceremony. The two smaller circles connected by strong lines represent the chest paint of the older sister, who is protecting her. The background patterns of lines and dots represent the vast desert sands.
Noreen was born in Alice Springs and moved to Ikuntji as a child. She is the great-granddaughter of founding Papunya Tula painter Uta Uta Tjangala. She learned to paint in her mother's sacred country at Watarru in South Australia.
A robust, tightly woven cotton drill with real weight and substance. Holds colour beautifully and softens with age. 100% cotton, 148cm wide, 195gsm.
Screen printed by hand in Australia. Available by the 50cm. Every purchase goes directly back to the artist and the community.Make something with it. A dress. A cushion. Curtains. A piece of the Western Desert, made by your hands.
Every purchase from Ikuntji Artists goes directly back to the artist and the community of Haasts Bluff. Ikuntji Artists Aboriginal Corporation is 100% Aboriginal owned and governed - the first art centre in the Western Desert founded by women, for women, in 1992.
Care: Gentle cold or warm hand wash. Do not bleach, warm rinse well, do not tumble dry, line dry out of direct sunlight, warm iron. Wash dark colours separately.
