Tali (Sandhills) A13042 Adam Cullen The concentric circles in the

The concentric circles in the painting represent rocky outcrops

In this creek bed there are soakages (mulju)

The iconography surrounding the rock pools are the sandhills (Tali) that the women must travel over to reach the water

Acrylic on Hollowed Wooden Log

They both set off in different directions

Tali (Sandhills) A13042 Adam Cullen The concentric circles in theYear: 2007 Size: 120 x 180cm acrylic on linen Topsys paintings depict the Sandhills or 'Tali'of her country near Nyirrpi, in the desert of Central Australia. It is the story that was passed onto her by her father, which she paints using small dots in a series of grouped colours. The design mimicking the wind blowing across desert dunes and the subtle shifts in scrub vegetation. Topsy says 'I paint my father's country west of Yuendumu. He was a