Long Jack Phillipus Tjakamarra
Water Dreaming, 1997.

Emily Kane Kngwarreye
Yam Story, 1995

Rover Thomas
Yari country, 1989.

Sally Morgan
Taken Away, 1989.

Sally Morgan
Untitled, 1998.

Beerabee Mungnari
Benn Gorge, 1997.

Eunice Napangardi Uparli Tjulkapa
Bush Banana Dreaming

Dorothy Napangardi
Women's dreaming, 1998.

Don Tjungurrayi painting at Papunya.

Daisy Leura Nakamarra
Women's Ceremony, 1998.

The concentric circles represent an important
waterhole near Kalipipa, 200km north-west of
Papunya, Central Australia. Here special
ceremonies are performed to bring the life-giving
rain to the surrounding country.

Sythetic polymer on canvas, 151 x 121 cm.

Earth pigments and natural binder on canvas,
160 x 200 cm.

Acrylic on canvas, 92 x 122 cm.
The Art Gallery of Western Australia.

This painting depicts the removal of Aboriginal
children and newborn babies.

Acrylic on canvas, 92 x 122 cm.
Private collection.

Ochre on canvas,
121 x 183 cm.

Acrylic on belgian linen,
120 x 118 cm.

Dorothy Napangardi was the winner of the
1998 Northern Territory art Award.

First he paints the important sites, the two circles.
Then, keeping these in mind, he begins filling in
the painting, telling the journey of the ancestors
as they went from one site to another.

Central Desert art is based on depicting timeless
stories using ancient symbols. They can be shown
as rhythmic patterns of colour, like lines drawn
in the sand.