Little Waterholes-My Country

This painter primarily paints her country around the Canning Stock Route.  In the Pujiman time (bush days) the artist travelled with her family through the land collecting wiylki (seeds) just as the Minyi Puru (Seven Sisters) did the the Jukurrpa (Dreamtime).  Now they collect for baskets as well, Puntayurra and Minarri are two of the names for grasses that the artists use to make baskets.  Some of the special places the grasses grow in the artist's country are Wangkakarlu, Turngul, Matilirri, Wantili, Nyilangkurr and Warrki.

Within the painting the circles encompass a few different layers of meaning.  They work s a type of map showing the special areas where grasses and wiylki can be found.  Often they symbolise different waterholes or camps.  They are also metaphorical of the time spent travelling through the landscape.