36 AM 1076/03
Kathleen Paddoon Napanangka Nakarra Nakarra 2003
Acrylic on canvas 1200 x 800mm $2500
Kathleen has painted some important country for her family, which is south of Balgo in the Great Sandy Desert.
The country depicted here is Nakarra Nakarra, one of the sites of the Seven Sisters Dreaming, a story about
seven sisters who travel the ancestral landscape running from an old man who wants to marry the youngest. At
Nakarra Nakarra a group of hills embody the seven sisters, among which is found a tjurnu, or soakwater, shown
in the centre of the painting. The hills and more distant tali, or sand dunes are shown surrounding Nakarra Nakarra.