Alison Munti Riley b. 1966

In this painting,
Alison depicts aspects of Kungka Kutjara (Two Women) Dreaming story. There
are many variations of this significant story, as it is
an extensive songline that crosses many different language groups. Alison
paints the story from her country in the APY Lands, depicting the two women who were sisters, travelling across
the desert from Western Australia to South Australia. They
travelled through sandhills and various desert country, camping as they
travelled. When they arrived in Alison’s ancestral country, all the trees were
dry, and there wasn't much bush tucker to be found. Life was very hard. As much
as the younger sister wanted to return to where she was born, she obeyed her
older sister, but always yearned for her own country.