Sandhills (2002) by Dorothy Napangardi 36x28cm Cat 7554DN

Using a myriad of coloured dots set again a black background, Dorothy has created a sea of vibrating lines that gathers and disperses across the canvas.

Like the Sandhills in constant flux around and through the artist's country so too does this painting move, backwards and forwards, the rippling effect produced so like that of the wind's tracks in the sand.

The dotted lines in this painting depict ceremonial digging sticks that emerged from the ground as Desert Oak trees. A large belt of Desert Oak trees ( Allocasuarina decaisneana ) now stand where those digging sticks once emerged.

This work is featured on page 20 in the monograph: Honouring and Remembering the Art and Life of Dorothy Napangardi, 1987-2013

Painting will be freighted on the stretcher frame ready to hang