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Yawalyurru (Bush Blueberries)

“These are the wavy leaves, yawalyurru leaves. All the circles are the bush blueberries, yawalyurru. The blue background is like the afternoon sky. I am painting my Grandmother’s Country, Watiyawanu area. My Great Great Grandfather, his name was Ngiwangu Tjampitjintpa, he had lots of wives. Big family tree. Ngiwangu had children. There names are Ngatawina Ruby Nangala, Yunurrkumpu Paddy Tjangala Turner, Wiyipa Tjangala Peterson, Mulyupurrku Tjangala Peterson, Nguri Tjangala Marshall. Ngiwangu is Walpiri man come from North, Tjantuwaritji Watiyawaru-one, East of Mt Theo and Mount Patricia.” – 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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