Daniel has painted the jila (living water) of his ancestor's country. Winpa is depicted here with the black waterhole, it sits close to the warla (salt lake). This jila (living...
Daniel has painted the jila (living water) of his ancestor's country. Winpa is depicted here with the black waterhole, it sits close to the warla (salt lake). This jila (living water) is one of the most significant places for many of the tribes in Great sandy Desert. He was the last living ancestral being to lay down. He is the greatest rainmaker in the desert region, who travelled extensively around Australia. His story travels to the Great Australian Bight into Central Australia and up to the Kimberley.This country is an important place for Daniel's family who lived in the desert until the early 1970s. In Daniel's hometown of Bidyadanga, Daniel paints with the elders of the community who communicate the landscape of Winpa through song and painting. The large waterhole is connected underground to the surrounding yinti (creeks) and jila of the landscape. Daniel has also painted the abundance of mayi (bushfood) that is dotted over the tali (sand dunes). The small coloured lines indicate people, all the people sitting around - for ceremony, rainmaking ceremony at Winpa.