Kayili Artists Certificate for ‘Tjalpilpi Tjurrnu’ states: Tjalpilpi is Janie’s ngurra (home country), north of Patjarr. It is not too far away. Tjalpilpi tjurnu (water soakage) is karrungka kapi (creek bed water). You have to dig down in the soft…
Buku Llarngay Mulka Art Centre states: “Nawurapu Wunuŋmurra was the eldest son of Yaŋgarriny Wunuŋmurra and learnt to paint assisting his father. In the 1990s he participated in all the major group projects from Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka, including the 1996 John…
Born: Circa 1935 west of Walungurru (Kintore) in Central Australia, Walangkura Reid spoke both the Pintupi & Ngaatjatjarra languages. Napurrula painted her desert country around Tjukurla in Western Australia with a signature brush-stroke, composition and palette that saw her become…
This painting was found for sale in Ngukurr store in 1996 without a catalogue number. Double sided; reverse is ‘upside down’. Ngukurr had no Art Centre at the time so Willie & Moia were selling their paintings through Marlene Backman…
Jilamara Arts on Melville Island, Tiwi Islands states: “Freda was born around 1928 in the bush on her own country Mirrikawuyanga on Melville Island. Catholic Missionaries raised Freda after she was taken from her parents. She did not know her…
Jilamara Arts on Melville Island, Tiwi Islands states: “Freda was born around 1928 in the bush on her own country Mirrikawuyanga on Melville Island. Catholic Missionaries raised Freda after she was taken from her parents. She did not know her…
Born in 1940, Jean Baptiste lived and created on Bathurst Island; the Western Isle of the Tiwi Islands, far North in the Northern Territory. Her Skin Group was Tapatapunga, the March Fly. Tiwi Designs, the community owned Art Centre on…
Rosie Murnku Marnku Tasman Napurrurla painted with Warnayaka Arts in the Northern Tanami Desert area at Lajamanu (Hooker Creek). Rosie, the older sister of artist Molly Napurrurla Tasman who she often painted with, is full of dynamic creativity, cultural knowledge…
“Willie Gudabi (1916-1996) was born on Nutwood Downs Station. He grew up in Alawa country, hunting and gathering on the margins of small cattle stations such as St Vidgeon, Bauhinia Downs, Nutwood Downs and Tanumbirini. Before he went to live…