Provenance and context of painting
• Artist: Jackie Okai
• Skin name: Nungarrayi
• Born: April 1969
• Language: Luritja
• Residence: Mutijulu
• Dreaming: Mutijulu
• Title: Kapi (water)
• Date: 8 November 2007
• Medium: Acrylic on canvas
• Size: 60 × 30 cm
• Catalogue code: TAJO07C1789
• Provenance: Tangentyere Artists, Alice Springs
• Accompanied by its original Tangentyere Artists Certificate of Authenticity
• The artist identifies the subject as Kapi (water) at Jay Creek.
• Jackie explains that when travelling on foot from Standley Chasm to Jay Creek, people would drink this water.
• The artist identifies the water source as a spring.
• The painting therefore records a specific water place and the relationship between water, Country and travelling through the landscape.
