Tingari Cycle, 1997 by Walala Tjapaltjarri, 50x30cm Cat 2484WT

This little painting sparkles with life - just like the life-giving force of water in the desert. This painting portrays Lake MacKay, the artist's ancestral home.

Walala and his brother Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri made world headlines when they walked out of the desert with their family in 1984 having lived a fully traditional life at Lake MacKay on the border of Northern Territory and Western Australia until then.