Mountain Devil Lizard Dreaming Tjunkiya-kamayi-napaltjarri-tag With the advent of the

With the advent of the Northern Territory Land Rights Act in 1976

Her contributions were not merely technical but were deeply embedded in the storytelling tradition

and grandfather

and she is now represented in most significant Australian public art galleries

including the National Gallery of Australia

Mountain Devil Lizard Dreaming Tjunkiya-kamayi-napaltjarri-tag With the advent of theKathleen Petyarres supreme image is her Mountain Devil Lizard Dreaming. In this work she displays a cross motif that is peculiar to this work. Four Dreaming trails converge on a ceremonial square, where secret mens and womens business takes place. Angling towards the bottom left corner of the map is a watercourse that has been full after rainy times but now leaves a residual pattern that is characteristic of her country. Seen from above this is a