Minyma Tingari (Sandhill Country), 2000 by Barbara Napangarti Reid 41x41cm Cat 5227BR

In this painting Barbara uses an individual style to represent the site known as Tjukurla in the Gibson Desert, Western Australia - the country to which she is custodian. This area is also associated with the Tingari Cycle, from the Jukurrpa (Creation Era).

The natural environment surrounding Tjukurla is dominated by expansive sandhills and rockholes containing water and bush foods. The rocky outcrops are depicted here by the stratified, elongated U-shape while the sandhills are represented by the lines of the smaller abutting U-shapes bordering the painting. This traditional method of representing the tuli, the use of stratified lines, has its roots in the body paint worn by women during sacred ceremonies.