[2] Regina Pilawuk Wilson was born in 1948 at Wudikapildyerr in the Daly River region of the Northern Territory of Australia.

[2] At age ten, her grandmother taught her where, when, and how to collect the right grasses, vines, and sources of natural colour like flowers, berries, and roots.

She has created silk screen prints and etchings with Basil Hall Editions and Red Hand.

[6] Peppimenarti means “large rock.” This permanent settlement made for the Ngangikurrungurr people is situated amid floodplains and wetlands at the center of the Daly River Aboriginal Reserve, which lies 250 kilometers southwest of Darwin.

[4] In the tropical wetland and floodplain country, the community has restricted access during the wet season, which has actually been an advantage in keeping the law and culture strong.

Wilson and the other women at Durrmu Arts reinvigorated the tradition of large, circular mats by combining brilliant colours.

On a typical day, artists gather in the communal outdoor studio in the morning, preferring to paint and weave before the humidity and heat arrive.

This exhibition paid tribute to Aboriginal painters who had invigorated painting for a generation of urban artists.

In 2001, Wilson experimented with multiple designs and techniques in art workshops held by Darwin gallerist Karen Brown.

Celebrating the cultural significance of message sticks, which are a traditional form of communication between communities, she also incorporates them into her paintings to show their densely textured qualities on canvas.

However, as the whites colonized the Daly River region, the Aboriginals were forced onto reserves and missions with strict rules aimed at dissolving the indigenous cultures and traditions.

A key message that Wilson portrays in her work is to remember the past to understand the present and hope for the future.

Syaw replicates the elaborate and delicate patterning of woven objects like mates, baskets, and fish traps.

The woven forms take on a cosmic dimension with thousands of rippling lines radiating from a central core or spreading across a surface.