Iwantja Soakage Janet-long-nakamarra-tag Nyangarni’s beautiful paintings show the

Nyangarni’s beautiful paintings show the traditional waterholes and hunting grounds of the Great Sandy Desert where she and her family lived up until the early 1950s

When they stopped

A shape that appears often in her work hangs down and is filled with parallel lines

on the border of the Northern Territory and Western Australia

This region holds cultural significance for the Anangu people

Iwantja Soakage Janet-long-nakamarra-tag Nyangarni’s beautiful paintings show theJulie's paintings shimmer with exuberant energy. She captures the intensity and power of country where the Iwantja Tjukitji (Iwantja Soakage) is located, and which holds the story of the native owl. Julie was born in 1969 in the cool waters of the Iwantja creek, next to the large Soakage. The area is shaded by large gum trees, and the banks of the creek nestle close to large boulders. As a child she and her family lived here in a hand built shelter.