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Katjutarri

“I did this yellow paint in the background to represent dry land. You can see there’s lots of blooming flowers and bush tucker. It’s a special time, lots of fruit. It’s in my Grandmother’s Country Kuna Tjarrayi (koona – charray). In Granite. West of Yeundemeu. My grandmother’s name was Yawinytji Napanangka Powlson. Her father was a Walrpiri man, came from North to Haasts Bluff and then moved to Papunya. Haasts Bluff was a missionary place and they made a new settlement in Papunya because there was no water. My mother was born in Haasts Bluff, her name was Maryanne Nakamarra. My grandmother was the wife of Johnny Wararrngula, famous artist from Papunya Tula. That’s where dot painting started, in Papunya community many years back. My grandmother’s father’s name was Yulpu-Lyurru Yupu Tjapangati.” – Joyce Dixon

Categories: Ikuntji Artists

Name: Joyce Dixon


Language: Luritja, Pintubi


Community: Haasts Bluff


Biography:

Joyce Dixon was born in 1977 at Papunya, and has been painting since she was around 10 years old. She paints her country, Karrinyarra (Mount Wedge), which is around two hours’ drive north of Haasts Bluff. This is the country of the Napaltjarri women and Japaltjarri men. She was raised partly by Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri and Paddy Tjungarrayi Carroll, two senior lawmen and renowned artists of the Papunya Tula art movement of the 1970s, and much of Joyce’s childhood was spent steeped in the artistic traditions of this area. Joyce paints a number of stories, including the Snake and Water Dreaming (Ngapa Tjukurrpa), the Witchetty Grub and Snake Dreaming, Bush Onion and Bush flowers. She has inherited these stories from senior relatives on both her mother’s and father’s sides.

She is married to Henry Multa, the brother of Douglas Multa (traditional owner of Haasts Bluff). Joyce lives between her husband's community Ikuntji, her community (Papunya) and Alice Springs. 


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