Jirrawun Arts Cat.no. PP 2008 01 058 Born circ. 1930, Peggy Patrick is a Gija language speaking artist and senior member of the Warrmun community in East Kimberley. This painting, can be seen combining aerial views and knowledge of Peggy’s…
Lucky Morton Kngwarreye was born C.1952 near Amaroo Station and created her artoworks in the Utopia area of the Northern Territory. Hunting, cooking, gathering, celebrating, fighting, living on the land – Lucky Morton’s painting celebrates life lived on country North…
I was pleased to fly Pippin Drysdale low across the Tanami Desert in support of her finding her muse.
This painting depicts the site of Malparingya which is north-west of Kintore. The site, which has many rockholes, was visited in ancient times by a large group of Tingari Men who had travelled from Lake Mackay, camping at various places…
Andrea Martin is a widely collected artist and enthusiastic worker with Warlukurlangu Artists of Yuendumu, a Warlpiri community 290 kms North West of Alice Springs,Nungarrayi herself is a Warlpiri and English speaker often assisting with translation. She paints Wardapi (Goanna),…
The National Gallery of Victoria states on their website June 2024:Rover Thomas was born in about 1926 at Gunawaggi near Well 33 on the Canning Stock Route in the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia. He was of the Wangkajunga…
Tiwi Designs, the community owned Art Centre on Bathurst Island states:“Jean Baptiste Apuatimi was a senior Tiwi Island artist who recreated and interpreted body painting designs used in Tiwi Ceremony. “I love my painting, I love doing it. My husband,…
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…
John Kean writes: “For those outside the Luritja/Ngaliya community of Papunya, Don Ellis Tjapanunka is a liminal figure. He appears in the middle ground of photographs, among more famous painters during the creation of the Honey Ant Mural in the…
Timothy Cook was born in 1958 and lives and works at Milikapiti on Melville Island. His country is Goose Creek, Melville Island, his skin group Marntupuni (House Fly) and dance Tarduwuli (Shark). A member of Jilamara Arts & Crafts Association,…