Iwantja Soakage Janet-long-nakamarra-tag When they stopped

When they stopped

on the border of the Northern Territory and Western Australia

A shape that appears often in her work hangs down and is filled with parallel lines

With the advent of the Northern Territory Land Rights Act in 1976

Iwantja Soakage Janet-long-nakamarra-tag When they stoppedJulie's paintings shimmer with exuberant energy. She captures the intensity and power of country where the Iwantja Tjukitji (Iwantja Soakage) is located, and which holds the story of the native owl. Julie was born in 1969 in the cool waters of the Iwantja creek, next to the large Soakage. The area is shaded by large gum trees, and the banks of the creek nestle close to large boulders. As a child she and her family lived here in a hand built shelter.