Doreen is a traditional Warlpiri woman from Willowra Community which is approximately 250km North West of Alice Springs in Central Australia. Born in 1956 on her families traditional homelands, Doreen grew up immersed in her culture and traditions.

Knowledge of this story was passed to Doreen via her aunty, on the country where the bandicoot dreaming originates (Conniston Station). The stories that Doreen depicts through her art are important to her and her people in ensuring that continuity of her knowledge is passed down through the generations.

This artwork refers to a significant Dreaming belonging to the Warlpiri Aboriginal people in Central Australia skin groups Nakamarra and Napurulla. Doreen uses traditional iconography to depict women telling stories on the sand with leaves, dancing, singing songs and getting painted up for ceremonies.

The circles represent rocks, and the lines connecting them represent the holes the bandicoots travel through. The U shapes represent women sitting around singing, dancing and collecting ochre rocks to grind down to create a paste. This paste is used to create significant designs on womens bodies and artefacts such as coolamans.