Bold graphics define the work of Hilda Bird, who hails from a leading family of artists in the Utopia region 150 miles northeast of Alice Springs in Australia’s Central Desert. Her mother was one of the famous Petyarre sisters, seven siblings with uncanny talent and worldwide collectors. Hilda Bird, born in 1950, paints her Awelye, or ceremonies, and bush tucker (abundance) from age-old lands. In the 1970s she was among the first to work with batik. Her Body Paint is acrylic on canvas and a Dreaming usually conveyed in black and white or simple ochre tones to show paint on black skin. This one is bold and alive with color. The sacred design is of melons and other sustenance, but the true meaning of the work is never revealed to non-Aboriginal people.