Striking colours and heavy dot work are used to depict traditional sacred women’s sites in the Kintore area, which is located 250km west of Glenys’s birthplace. The concentric circles commonly seen in her paintings represent the important ceremonial sites for Glenys and her ancestors and the connecting lines between the circles are the ancient travelling paths that lead to these sites. These were established as an indicator for the passage from one site to the next during ceremony.
Glenys Gibson Napaltjarri was born c. 1970 at Papunya, NT. She lives with her husband and extended family at Kintore Community.
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Striking colours and heavy dot work are used to depict traditional sacred women’s sites in the Kintore area, which is located 250km west of Glenys’s birthplace. The concentric circles commonly seen in her paintings represent the important ceremonial sites for Glenys and her ancestors and the connecting lines between the circles are the ancient travelling paths that lead to these sites. These were established as an indicator for the passage from one site to the next during ceremony.
Glenys Gibson Napaltjarri was born c. 1970 at Papunya, NT. She lives with her husband and extended family at Kintore Community.
Striking colours and heavy dot work are used to depict traditional sacred women’s sites in the Kintore area, which is located 250km west of Glenys’s birthplace. The concentric circles commonly seen in her paintings represent the important ceremonial sites for Glenys and her ancestors and the connecting lines between the circles are the ancient travelling paths that lead to these sites. These were established as an indicator for the passage from one site to the next during ceremony.
Glenys Gibson Napaltjarri was born c. 1970 at Papunya, NT. She lives with her husband and extended family at Kintore Community.
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