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,…
These are the ochres sourced by the artists on Coutry, ref. Hector Jundanay’s paintings
This painting shows country called Gardagoon near Lake Argyle on Texas Downs Station where the artist worked for much of his life. This is part of the artist’s traditional country and was given to him by his grandfather. In the…
Hector’s father died whist he was still a baby; his mother remarried soon afterward. When he was about 10 years old he went with his relatives to Argyle to see the his father’s country. Jandany stayed there with his relatives…
Warnayaka Arts, where Lily Nungurrayi painted, writes: Nungarrayi loved to paint and loved her culture. She was driven to record and preserve cultural knowledge and traditions, knowing she was fighting against the power of time and the new impeding culture.…
Nyumi’s mother belonged to the country of Nyumi near Kiwirrkurra on the Pintupi side. Her father was from Alyarra in the region of Ngaanyatjarra. When Nyumi was a very young child her mother died at the Kanari soakwater close to…
A creator of the ceremonial Morning Star Poles, ‘Banumbirr’, the artist Wilson Lanydjurra has placed natural ochres in fine lines using a blade of grass to create a two dimensional image representing these beautiful ceremonial sculptural objects. Painted on fine…
Pegleg Tjampitjinpa was born circa 1920 and lived a traditional lifestyle in the region Central Australian desert region surrounding Wilkinkarra. Tjampitjinpa had no contact with western civilisation until 1957 when his family group encountered a Northern Territory Welfare branch control…