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My CountryIn this painting Muna has depicted her country. The different colours and designs represent variations in the landscape. Muna was born in Tjiwuru near Ernabella in 1964. Muna started painting at Tjurma Homelands Art and Craft Centre before coming to work at Tjala Arts. She developed her own vibrant, distinctive style, telling the story of her Country and its important cultural stories.

Tjimpuna uses traditional patterns that relate to rockhole (tjukula) or sand dune (tali)

solidifying her reputation as an important figure in Australian art

Pantjiya's paintings refer to the Dreaming stories of sacred sites in her country

an important women’s site close to Mimili community

Another dreaming painted by the women is the northern wild orange (Capparis umbonata) known in Alyawarr as akarley (pronounced a-kar-li)

Although she learned by observing those around her

She often references Antara

where he moved with his family in 1983

With her family she lived a nomadic lifestyle before moving east to the ration depot at Haasts Bluff

Some of his subjects are dingo

a man significantly older than herself

Whilst the sisters share the same Dreaming