Maringka Baker

I really love this artist's work. She is another member of my favorite art centre, Tjungu Palya, in the remote APY lands in central australia, about 100 km south of Uluru. Here it is on google maps - see how remote.. She was born circa 1952, so must be nearly 70 years old.  Superficially they look like vibrant, abstract works, but like most aboriginal art they have a hidden story, often representing an aerial view, with tracks, waterholes, meeting points and landmarks... At about $20,000 dollars australian for a large example they are beyond my range but that doesn't stop me collecting and enjoying pictures of the examples I have seen, mostly courtesy of Marshall arts 

I am no expert, and each picture tells a different story, but the target shaped objects are often waterholes or campsites, the curved banana shaped objects represent aerial view of a sitting person, often with a  spear and coolamon beside a waterhole. Here is a site that helps with interpretation of the symbolism of a picture. I just love the fact that there is a fourth dimension; a hidden story.