Tingari Dreaming Violet-petyarre-tag When she was a young

When she was a young woman

Barbara’s marriage ended in 1977

are passed down through generations and are deeply respected within the community

including the National Gallery of Australia

and provided a cool place for the families to live during the hot summers

Tingari Dreaming Violet-petyarre-tag When she was a youngWalala is well known for his paintings of the Tingari Cycle. The Tingari Cycle, an important Dreaming for the Pintupi Aboriginal people, is a series of sacred and mythological song cycles which describe the epic journey of the Ancestors in the Dreamtime (Tjukurrpa) as they travelled through the land creating particular sites and teaching Aboriginal law. In 1996, encouraged by his brother Warlimpirrnga, Walala developed his own unique and boldIly