I was born at a jila [permanent waterhole] called Kurtal. Mum took me to Balgo and then to Warnku. I was living there when my sister Wagajia took me to Sturt Creek and then back to Warnku. From there we walked to Louisa Downs Station with my family. I spent time at Bohemia Downs and Christmas Creek Stations. I used to milk the goats at Bohemia Downs Station. I was a young girl without milk, I had not yet had children when I first went there.
When I paint, I paint Kurtal. I paint one country. I can’t paint other country. I have two brothers and two sisters who belong to this jila.
Painting Themes:
Kurtal jila [living waterhole], jilji (sandhills) and surrounding country in the Great Sandy Desert
Mangarri (bush tucker) and plants from the Great Sandy Desert
Marrajati in the Great Sandy Desert
Kilan Kilan in the Great Sandy Desert
Collections:
Art Gallery of New South Wales
National Gallery of Australia
National Gallery of Victoria
Artbank, Sydney
IATSIS Collection, Canberra
Holmes a Court Collection
Edith Cowan University
Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide
Northern Territory University
Museum and Art Gallery of Northen Territory
Kennesaw State University, Atlanta, Georgia
HBL Collection, Melbourne
Harriett and Richard England Collection
Gallery:
