Aboriginal Fine Art

Tribe: Luritja

Area: Kintore, Northern Territory

Born: 1973

Biography:

Belinda was born in Papunya in 1973. As a young girl, she was taken into Kintore by her family and there she learned the traditional Dreamtime ceremonies from her mother. She has passed all her aboriginal law and the traditional aboriginal lifestyle onto her daughter. At age 16, Belinda was initiated as a woman and given her Dreamtime story which is sand hill dreaming. Her works are a representation of the women’s rock holes amongst the sandhills in Kintore, which are of high significance for the women’s ceremonies in that region. As a teenager, Belinda remained in Kintore with her family where she continued painting and finished her schooling.