Billabong Country - Dorothy Forrest, 2022 Lennie Nalgood

Billabong Country - Dorothy Forrest, 2022 Lennie NalgoodThe roots of the lily pad can be roasted and eaten. They are found in billabongs and springs and have a beautiful flower. Dorothy Forrest Acrylic on Canvas 60 x 180cm Please Note: All artworks on canvas are delivered unstretched and rolled to ensure safe and efficient delivery. All artworks purchases will include artist biographies and certificates of authenticity.

purple and pink

It is after the wet and there are colourful grasses and flowers

My people and my family lives in the desert for many years

This is my mother's country it's very sandy there it has two waterholes with one each rainbow snake

my country the Great Sandy Desert

long lake all the way to Yimiri at warla

Silk Screen Print on 300gsm Paper - 55x72cm

All the dots are the flowers after the rain time and the black sandhills are after fire

That jila (waterhole) Kurtal for me and my sister

Hand-painted by Alison Forrest

Murlumurlu jumu (soakwater) biggest one ngapa (water) in the desert

Hand-carved by Barry Nuggett