Pirlinyanu 2004 BY Julie Nangala Robertson, 30x23cm stretched Cat 8759JR

Julie Nangala Robertson, Winner of the 2023 Telstra Aboriginal Art Award in Best Painting Category, depicts her Ngapa Jukurrp a (Water Dreaming), which is associated with her father’s traditional country of Pirlinyanu, a rocky outcrop in the Tanami Desert, west of Yuendumu and towards the WA border.

This work is an aerial perspective that encompasses Julie’s distinctive monochromatic palette, with different size dots.