Nellie Marks Nakamarra’s childhood was filled with visuals, the family’s own Dreaminings, as painted by stepfather, Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula, and other luminaries of the Papunya Tula art movement. Her own canvases convey respect for a story told over many thousands of years with a refreshing contemporary twist. She creates the uncommon combination of intricacy and space showing her real talent as a colorist.As a member of the Pintupi clan of Australia’s Western Desert, Nakamarra’s “Women’s Ceremony” gives us elevations, mounds, distinct pathways and more topographical characteristics of the Tingari, ancestral beings who created the land and the law. Reserved for females only, it is exclusively women’s business to ensure the fertility of the land and the welfare of their community. The stippled lines forming linear shapes across the canvas portray the women’s journeys to and from these sacred sites. Powerful Tingari geometrics dominate Pintupi art, and clans paint them on shields, women’s bodies and into ground paintings for ceremonies and celebrations.