Tingari Cycle (2002) by Walala Tjapaltjarri 91x122cm Cat 7572WT

Like most paintings this painting can be hung on the horizontal or vertical as it is an aerial view of landscape. Click to see both options.

Walala and his family walked out of the desert in 1984 and are often referred to as "The Last of the Nomads". Like the famous Jimmy Pike from the Great Sandy Desert once said "You call it desert, we call it home."

The subject of this painting is associated with a Jukurrpa (Dreaming) event in the Tingari Cycle , which is related to the site of Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay) in Western Australia. It was here that two old Tingari men were hunting Marlu (Kangaroo) by way of burning the surrounding spinifex country with fire sticks, to flush out their game. The Marlu were eventually pursued all the way north to Derby in the Kimberley region, via Balgo Hills and Halls Creek.