Born in Pakistan to Australian parents, G.W. BOT lived in many countries until the age of twenty, following her father who was a soldier. She studied art in London, Paris and Australia. Living and working in Canberra since 1985, she has developed a strong attachment to her homeland, which has become the main theme of her work. 

The linocut technique, which she discovered in London, has remained her favourite means of expression. She has developed a personal calligraphy in which her dreamlike vision of the land and her extreme sensitivity merge.

In this work, a totemic figure, gnarled and withered like a piece of wood worn down by the dry winds and the passage of time, appears at the centre of a desert landscape. The totemic figure could be read as an autobiographical stand-in, or as a metaphorical representation of his own destiny.