Lot 89

Iwantja Arts, South Australia (accompanied by the certificate of authenticity)
Private collection, Melbourne

"I paint all the rocky hills and paint the Tjukurpa (ancestral story) of the woman near the rock holes, the women living nearby. I like to paint everything that makes that place. All the emu tracks coming and going across the country, That emu track is the story of that place. It is an important place, one of their sacred places.

I was born at Shirley Well on Officer Creek. My Father was working there. His English name was Moorilyanna George, given because Moorilyanna was his country. My father was very well known in the old days, He worked at all the Old stations - Moorilyanna, Ernabella, Shirley Well, Amaruna and right through to Oodnatta. My mother was born at Kunamata and yes, this area here, right around Indulknana was my father's place. My father gave me this place to look after, I've got that responsibility now.

We know the country, know where all rock holes to look after and to live by. They are important places with water that keep us alive."

As stated on the Iwantja Arts certificate of authenticity

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