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Iwantja SoakageJulie's paintings shimmer with exuberant energy. She captures the intensity and power of country where the Iwantja Tjukitji (Iwantja Soakage) is located, and which holds the story of the native owl. Julie was born in 1969 in the cool waters of the Iwantja creek, next to the large Soakage. The area is shaded by large gum trees, and the banks of the creek nestle close to large boulders. As a child she and her family lived here in a hand built shelter.

‘Ngalyipi’ is a rope-like creeper that grows up the trunks and limbs of trees

The art of Tjunkiya was exhibited in a number of Galleries and Art Museums

Maria Curley is painting the Caterpillar Dreaming that she inherited from her Grandmother

she contributed significantly to Utopia’s reputation as a centre of Indigenous art

Rather than painting the seeds

Later in life she came with her family to Haasts Bluff and then moved to Papunya

As is the case with many of the female western desert painters

In Warlpiri paintings

He is also a very knowledgeable

reflecting both her artistic mastery and enduring legacy

a community 160km southwest of Yuendumu

also known as Minnie Purla or Minnie Motorcar Apwerl