WATERHOLES AND SANDHILLS IN THE GREAT SANDY DESERT, 2002
BILLY THOMAS JOONGOORRA
natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on canvas
100.0 x 80.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, date, size and Red Rock Art cat. KP1661
Red Rock Art, Kununurra, Western Australia
Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney
This work is accompanied by a copy of a certificate of authenticity from Red Rock Art which states:
'Throughout the artist country in the Great Sandy Desert, waterholes (soaks and rockholes) exist. Knowledge of these places was crucial to the artist's ability to lead a traditional lifestyle. It was at these places that most ceremony and law was undertaken. This painting shows a typical waterhole (soak) amongst the rolling sand dunes (large curved shapes) of the desert. All of this sandhill country was made in the dreamtime by Gunambalayi- the Black Snake.'