Stephanie Napurrurla Nelson

Stephanie’s paintings are rich in traditional motifs, often including concentric cirlces which represent ‘mulju’, or water soakages, and long curved or straight lines to represent flood waters.

Commonly, Stephanie depicts the water dreaming of the Mikanji region, a watercourse which is usually dry and lies west of Yuendumu.

The Dreaming travelled from Puyurru, northwest of Yuendumu to a ‘mulji’ in the Mikanji Creek. By the side of the soakages two old blind women of the Nampijinpa skin group were sitting. A rain ancestor travelled to mikanji and unleashed a huge storm. As the two women strained their eyes to see the sky, tears formed in their eyes, creating the rain.