Pleased to announce that Palya Art’s South Melbourne Gallery opened today. The Address is 399 Clarendon Street, South Melbourne 3205. Viewing times Thursday to Sunday 11 am – 6 pm, and by appointment if you would like to call Helen on 0418 … Continue reading →

Collating, preparing and photographing artworks ready for previewing people agree is an intensely communicative affair. Figures look back with authority, clarifying the history of their lives, and that of their creators. Online Gallery A portrait of time and place these … Continue reading →

Palya Art Tour C404 Chartered Aircraft Image:Helen Read Crossing the North West, Palya Art Tours covers vast distances by ‘plane visiting Indigenous community owned art enterprises. Often called ‘Life Changing’ by travellers during the journey, the real Australia is revealed. … Continue reading →

George (Tjampu) Tjapaltjarri ‘Karpadi’ Painting Acrylic on Linen 1530 x 1830 mm 2002 ©The Artist Papunya Tula Artists & Helen Read. . Rhythm and movement signatures George Tjampu Tjapaltjarri’s painting. The piece titled ‘Karpadi’, shown above, with it’s intriguing central … Continue reading →

Eubena Nampitjin’s Painting (Canning Stock Route, Marlu Track & Waterholes) Acrylic Pigment On Canvas. 1200 x 1800 mm. 1997. ©The Artist’s Estate, Warlayirti Artists & Helen Read. . The privilege will never fade, seeing Eubena impregnate a clean canvas surface … Continue reading →

‘Viewpoint’ Image & Text Helen Read . Placing a foot on Bentinck Island way South East of Arnhem Land, into the Gulf of Carpentaria, we arrived by small aeroplane to visit Sally Gabori. It was intriguing to see the coastline … Continue reading →

Leila Nimbadj From Maningrida Nursery Shredding Bark For Fibre (Brachychiton Megaphyllus) Palya Art Tours Photo&Text:Helen Read . . With Darwin 550 kms to the west, Maningrida was established as a trading post after World War 11. A coastal settlement in … Continue reading →

Richard Tax Tjupurrula’s ‘Untitled’ (Rainmaking) Painting 1993. ©Warlayirti Artists and Helen Read. Palya Art Tours (ex. Didgeri Air Art Tours) Piper Navajo Aircraft ‘PDN’ . . It’s 1993 and Warlayirti Artists’ hub is nestled in ‘The Sister’s Laundry’ at the … Continue reading →

It was Dr. George Tjapaltjarri who would take us under his own wing and help us to see, the way he, exquisitely, sees. On my first flight out to Walungurru (Kintore) from Alice Springs, there weren’t Global Positioning Systems (GPS)’s … Continue reading →