Artist

Bertha Linty

Location

Bidyadanga

Language Groups

Yulparija

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Bertha Linty
Yulparija born c. 1937
All the stars 2004
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
140.7 x 100.0 cm
Purchased with funds donated by Supporters and Patrons of Aboriginal Art, 2004
© Bertha Linty, courtesy of Short Street Gallery, Broome

"This painting shows all the stars in the sky at night. They show where to walk. When people are painted red and orange or white and singing, the stars sing too. It is the right way.

Milky Way is a special story that we celebrate in a special way. He's the same like earth, especially in Australia. We tell stories to our children about how it is both ways: the land and the sky are linked.

In the dark you see in the middle white patterns, those patterns are here on earth in the land. They are the same stories of water holes, rocks and hills. This is important story this one."
Bertha Linty 2004