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Two Tjangalas

“Two Tjangalas who travelled from North to South, from Tjantuwari Watiyawanu-one to Mount Leibig Watiyawanu-two. The Tjantuwari Watiyawanu-one place is east of Mt Theo/Mt Patricia. They travelled from North, came to Tjantuwari Watiyawanu-one to Mount Leibig, Watiyawanu-two. Came and collected all the seeds. As you can see the people sitting, and the circle, means that’s where their main place and the camp is, The Tjantuwari Watiyawanu-one. You can see the tracks from the two tjanagalas travelling North. The second circle, with the two people, is the main community, the camp, the place, Mount Leibig Watiyawanu-two. They have been collecting seeds. They remain there in Watiyawanu-two, Mount Leibig, as two trees. The wavy blue is the creeks, they have been travelling a long distance, through Tali, Karru, Puli, Tjata, Tjanpi, Watiya, everything. Seeing places. Travelling. And they stopped and ended up in Watiyawanu-two, Mount Leibig. Two Tjangalas.” – Joyce Dixon

Categories: Ikuntji Artists

Name: Joyce Dixon

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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