Originally from Papunya in the heart of the Australian desert, Elizabeth Marks Nakamarra belongs to "The" community where contemporary Aboriginal painting was born in 1970 under the influence of Anglo-Saxon schoolteacher Geoffrey Bardon. Initially a male affair, painting was soon practiced by women too.

Here, Elizabeth Marks has used a highly geometric design evoking the "labyrinths" of the Pintupi artists (the artist's clan) to depict a sacred watering place, Kalipinpa, located north of Sandy Blight Junction, near Kintore, her native territory. The story goes that during the Dreamtime - the mythical time of Creation for the Aborigines - a gigantic storm accompanied by a great deal of lightning broke out in this region. Waterspouts filled the holes in the rocks, forming small reservoirs.

This work is sold with a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Pty Ltd.