Talila 2007 by Margaret Jennings Panaka, 152x51cm Cat13148MJ

"Talila 2007" by Margaret Jennings Panaka is an area containing a series of rockholes around the Clutterbuck Hills just east of Patjarr, this includes the rockhole of Yirritjarra where the artist was born. Lurupunku rockhole, Tapitjarr rockhole and Wannaritjarra is also shown. These rockholes were created when huge hail stones fell from the storm made by Tjilkamarda (the echidna ancestor) in his rage. This Tjukurpa site is represented in a stone formation shaped like an echidna curled up like a ball.

Margaret was born in 1939 and passed away in 2018. One of the senior, key artists from Kaylili Artists in Patjarr in the NPY Lands, painting practice has been built on a program of bush trips. During these interruptions of the artists beloved time hunting, the most beautiful (often collaborative) artworks are created.

In 2015 Kayili Artists formally amalgamated with Warakurna Artists as an answer to the slow erosion of the population base in Patjarr. This ensures that the artists of Patjarr – still painting their undiluted versions of desert life and preferring to go hunting – retain access to art services.

Provenance certificate Cat 07-037 Kaylili Artists, NPY Lands