Ian Rictor paints with a quiet reverence for the country that he depicts. From his relatively recent nomadic movements over the endless interior that makes up Spinifex Lands. From water source to food source and beyond, this was a cultural, religious and family existence for survival in an arid land before the 'last family' were found by relatives in 1986. Ian's compositions centre on the life affirming sites he depicts and each are multi layered with meaning. Here he paints Tuwan, situated in the heart of traditional Spinifex Country and a site that holds the Tjulpu Tjuta Tjukurpa (Many Birds Creation Line). It is here at Tuwan where a group of Wati Nyii-Nyii (Zebra Finch Men) depart for the southern coast to save the world from the rising seas.