Painted in 2020, this work demonstrates an exuberant mapping of Country. Betty spent many years living near to Iwantja Creek at the newly established Indulkana community. The Country here is expansive, dotted with small shrubs and carpeted in clusters of rocks and pebbles.

In her striking paintings, Betty marks out the rugged and stoic country of Indulkana. The black background underscores the depth of composition, while strong blocks of colour and precise dot-work displays the artist’s dexterity. The intermittent placement of soakages, meeting places, and escarpments between pathways distills a comprehensive understanding for the viewer of Country as inextricably connected to her personal experience.

Chimney’s work has been exhibited widely, including Ngaatjatjarra, Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara Women’s Art (Aboriginal Art Museum Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2017), Tarnanthi: Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art, (Art Gallery of South Australia, 2019), and Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to Now (National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2020-22). She has been a finalist in the John Fries Award (2019) and Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (2021, 2022, 2023).