Helicopter paints the area south of Balgo, in the Great Sandy Desert, where he was born. His homeland is named Wangkartu after the tjurrnu (soakwater) featured in the centre of this painting. Wangkartu is an inta (living water) so always contains drinking water and the parallel lines represent the tali (sandhills) that dominate the country. Helicopter produced his first solo canvas in 1994 immediately forging his own style. His canvasses are like macroscopic tapestry of country, in which watering holes and desert dunes have been made the very grammar of Wangkartu.