“Seeing from above, zoomed in, leaves and outside is kaliny-kalinypa, inside is the flower blooming. A long time ago people used to travel on a hot day, they would see all these grevillea on the road, they would tap it on their lips and suck it or chew on it for the moisture, and to salivate.” – Joyce Dixon
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.
Status: Stock Kuruyultu Flowers by Eunice Jack, blush and green on pink, cotton linen blend
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