Cecily paints the undulating tali (sandhills) that define the topography
of her desert country. Her style of painting is characteristic of Western
Desert artists, using dot and line work to represent ancient, sacred Dreaming
stories. Using this seemingly simple mark-making technique, Cecily creates
incredible optical-style art with rhythm, movement and depth. The sandhills
that span her country, along with all the topographic features of the land, are
believed to have been formed by the travels of ancestral beings during the
ancient Creation era. The ancient Tingari Tjukurrpa (Dreaming) songlines trace
the movements of the Tingari ancestors, and form the basis of traditional law,
social structure, and ceremonial life for people of the Pintupi and Luritja
language groups of the Western desert regions. Cecily has a meticulous technique that lends her canvases a mesmerising effect, and her colour palettes capture the essence of the undulating desert
landscape.