Pirlinyanu 2011 Julie Nangala Robertson 51x76cm 14036JR

The rhythm of the dotting in Julie's work describes the fall of raindrops on the rocky outcrop and gushes of water and small rivers that form after a heavy rain.

Pirlinyanu is a site of great significance where the Ngapa Tjukurrpa (Water Dreaming) runs through Warlpiri country in the Tanami Desert. It is a revered rocky outcrop in what is featureless landscape in the country that follows towards and beyond the Western Australian border from the Northern Territory.

Julie Nangala Robertson is the winner of the 2023 Telstra Aboriginal Art Award in Best Painting Category.

The eldest of the five daughters of Dorothy Napangardi Robinson has recently changed the spelling of her surname to Robertson, feeling that her father, Windy, had misspelt it as Julie's other relatives in Yuendumu are all Robertson. Windy had two wives, Rene Robinson and Dorothy Robinson.