Kaltukatjara Rockholesby Marlene Connolly Smith

This painting is a topographical view of the many rock-holes which are located near Kaltukatjara (Docker River). These rock-holes are important water source to the people of Docker River. Aboriginal peoples would scoop out the sand or mud using a coolamon or woomera often to a depth of several metres, until clean water gathered in the base of the hole. Knowing the precise location of each soakage was extremely valuable knowledge.

Artist:Marlene Connolly Smith
Title:Kaltukatjara Rockholes
ID:MCS002
Medium:Acrylic on Canvas
Size:37 x 90 cm
Region:Docker River, Central Australia

Artist

Marlene Connolly Smith is minyma Anangu, a Pitjantjatjara woman from the Central Desert area of Australia. She has lived in Docker River on her traditional lands in the Petermann Ranges for most of her life and began carving as a teenager, taught by many in her extended family and mother, artist Bonnie Connolly.

Currently a Maruku Arts Director, Marlene’s extensive experience and skill is the foundation of her developing her own distinct and sophisticated style of carving, particularly with her depiction of ancestral animals such as birds, echidna's and lizards

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