Papunya Tjupi Arts

11 AM 5437/07
Nellie Nangala Water Dreaming 2007
Acrylic on linen 915 x 1220mm SOLD
This painting tells one of the many water dreamings from the Papunya area. The central circle is an important
water or rock hole site. The different coloured stripes represent the elements of a storm – wind, rain,
thunderclouds and lightning. The four brown lines emanating from the circle are the water flowing, flooding the
usually dry creek beds. The background dotting also symbolises the landscape after the rains and the earth has
been replenished with the new growth. Knowledge of where to find water was handed down from generation to
generation to ensure survival in the desert.