Elizabeth Marks is from the Papunya community, where contemporary Aboriginal painting was born in 1970. She likes to depict sacred territories once travelled by her Great Ancestors: here, the area around Kalipinpa, a watering place once filled by a tremendous flood whose many lightning bolts shattered the rock.    Today, this beneficent deluge is still celebrated through various ceremonies in Kalipinpa, painted here in the form of a highly stylised satellite view. This type of work emphasises the sacred dimension of the place it evokes, deliberately eliminating any figurative or “picturesque” elements, as if to preserve its mystery. The great vibrancy of this work is in keeping with Aboriginal tradition.