Pirlinyanu (2011) by Julie Nangala Robertson, 76x41cm, Cat 14003JR

As with the majority of the artist's work, which is landscape viewed from an aerial perspective, the painting can be hung either on the vertical or horizontal.

This is a significant Ngapa Tjukurra (Water Dreaming) site called Pirlinyanu, located in the Tanami Desert not far from Nyrripi, an outstation west of Yuendumu and north west of Alice Springs and part of the song cycle connecting other important water dreaming sites owned by those of the Nangala/Nampijinpa and Jangala/Jampijinpa language groups.

The site of Pirlinyanu is a rocky outcrop with natural occurring rock wells that capture the water when it rains. Traditional owners cover the small wells with rocks to keep the water clean.

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.