Heather Brown

Heather Unganyi Watson�Born at��Aliwanyawanyu rock hole, the place of the Ngintaka tjukurpa (perentie lizard creation story), Heather has a special responsibility to look after the Ngintaka story and has markings on her body that signify the Ngintaka. Heather�belongs to the Pitjantjatjara language and cultural group and was the second wife of Tjuruparu Geoffrey Watson, a highly respected senior law man and a founding artist for Irrunytju Arts. Heather�s�paintings reflect stories of her birth place and the time she spent with her husband living a semi nomadic lifestyle.

�That place of Wati Ngintaka Tjukurpa (Goanna Man Dreaming) that�s where I was born. There was no nurse and we had no car. Just my mother and father. They walked with me to Ernabella when I was a tiny tiny baby.�