Description
Artist : SADIE PADDOON
Title : Ngawirrti
Size/Medium : 400 x 300mm: acrylic on canvas Painting
Sadie has painted some of her Tja Tja (Grandmother’s) country called Ngantalarra. In this painting Sadie has painted water around the border of the painting. This water, commonly sourced from a soakwater, gives life to the country and people. Sadie has painted an abundance of grasses and mangarri (bush tucker) including tjunta (bush onions), punu ngana (bush berries), kumpupatja (bush tomato), pirntaly-pirntaly (sandalwood) and lily flowers that grow in the soak after rainy times.