220282356547

Published by CompNet Systems on

Women’s Ceremony at Lake Mackay

This painting shows Lake Mackay, Marilyn’s grandfather’s country and Dreaming. It shows many rockholes around which the painted up women dance for ceremony.

Categories: Ikuntji Artists

Name: Kathleen Dixon

Language: Luritja

Community: Haasts Bluff

Biography:

Kathleen Dixon is the daughter of renowned artist Alice Nampitjinpa Dixon and granddaughter of Uta Uta Tjangala.

Lindsay Dixon was her father and his country was west of Nyrripi, Ipa (snake Dreaming). His mother and Kathleen's grandmother was Tatuli Nangala, she inherited the Tjukurrpa from her. The tjukurrpa (Dreaming) is about women sitting down near Kintore and hunting in that area. Sometimes Kathleen also paints her mother's country of Talaalpi. 

Related Posts

Ikuntji Artists

220282371101

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 Read more…

Ikuntji Artists

220282375702

Ipalu – Bush Banana  “Ipalu, bush banana. It’s an oval shape. There’s two ways of eating it, from the tree and cooking it in warm ashes.” – Joyce Dixon

Ikuntji Artists

220282375700

Wanpanpi – Bush Coconut “Wanpanpi, the bush coconut. You can’t just eat it because it has a hard shell. When you get it from the tree you have to hit it with a rock to Read more…

© the artist / art centre