The Warlayirti Artists certificate associated with this painting and signed by author James Cowan, the then Manager, states that ‘This is Susie’s country and she lived in this part of the desert as a young girl with her family and knows it intimately. Family groups camp here as there is a plentiful source of water and mangarri (bush foods) including tjunta (onion) karnti (potato) tjirrilpatja (carrot) and kumpupatja (tomato).
Helen Read, Director of Palya Art, who came to know Napaltjarri quite well over the decades of flying art tours in to visit the Warlayirti Artists (100+ times last count), here writes that Napaltjarri
loved to sit quietly painting the food sources and landscape of her country, sometimes alone starting early in the day, other times in the Art Centre with companions. Always diligent and focused on bringing to life the multiple aspects of her land with story-telling trajectories in paint, Napaltjarri’s biography can be found on Wikipedia, which also outlines the numerous important collections her works are held in.