This painting depicts Sharon’s grandfather’s country. This place is in the Witura National Park on the Northern Territory and South Australia border just south of Aputula (Finke). This area is a beautiful place with plenty of water. There are many trees, lakes and swimming holes.
Sharon Doolan is a young artist who works at Papulankutja Artists at Papulankutja (Blackstone), a remote community in the Gibson Desert. Her works show a map of her grandfather’s country, named Aputula, where she grew up. In 2008, Sharon and her partner moved to Papulankutja with their young family of three children. It was around this time that Sharon took a small plane over Apatula and saw the rivers and salt lakes from up high, an aerial perspective. Since this flight, Sharon has experimented with the shape and features of the surface of Aputula, through detailed, topographical paintings by memory.
Desert Mob is presented annually in Mparntwe | Alice Springs on Arrernte Country.
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