Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra

Alison Anderson was born in 1958 at Haasts Bluff, a nearby community in the Papunya region approximately 280 kms northwest of Alice Springs .
Alison has been living in Papunya for the majority of her life and is of the Luritja language... See full bio

Alison Anderson was born in 1958 at Haasts Bluff, a nearby community in the Papunya region approximately 280 kms northwest of Alice Springs .
Alison has been living in Papunya for the majority of her life and is of the Luritja language group although she can speak several Central Australian languages including Western Arrernte and Pitjantjatjarra.
Alison began painting her fathers and grandfathers dreaming approx.
9 years ago.
Her family are important custodians of many water dreamings in the Papunya area - Mikantji being an important site.
Alison has served on many local community councils and was the Nt.
Central Zone Commissioner for ATSIC after spending nine years as Regional councilor the only female on the board of commissioners.
Alison plays a fundamental role in representing the interests of Aboriginal and Torres straight Islander women and children within the Strengthening Our families ATSIC policy focus.
She says 'My aim is to improve the condition of bush people, work with agencies to achieve a coordinated approach to service delivery.
Alison has recently left ATSIC and has entered local politics she was elected the member for MacDonnell at the elections held in June 2005 and joins five other aboriginal MLA in the ALP party providing a great support not only for women but also the aboriginal people.
Alison has been represented in several major Aboriginal Art exhibitions at the Araluen Arts Centre in Alice Springs as well as interstate and the internationally renowned Holmes a Court Collection.
She says Painting is my way of relaxing and passing on my families stories.
2003 Art Mob Gallery, Tasmania, exhibition2006 Australia Dreaming Art Gallery, Melbourne2007 Divas of the Desert, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs  

Daisy Leura Nakamarra was born at Umbungurru Creek c.
1938.
Daisy was living at Narwietooma station with her husband Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri when the building program at Papunya started.
Later they both moved to Papunya where Daisy... See full bio

Daisy Leura Nakamarra was born at Umbungurru Creek c.
1938.
Daisy was living at Narwietooma station with her husband Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri when the building program at Papunya started.
Later they both moved to Papunya where Daisy still lives today.
Daisy's husband, Tim Leura, Brother of Clifford Possum,was one of the first artists to paint with Geoffrey Bardon.
He was a renown artist and taught Daisy to paint.
At the beginning of Daisy's painting career she helped Tim with background dotting on his work.
Daisy has been painting in her own right since the early 80's.
She is a senior woman of the Papunya Community.
Collections: Art Gallery of SA, Flinders University Art Museum, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.

Doris works in several disciplines including painting, fabric design, woodcarving and more recently ceramics.
Doris’ mother was from Docker River and father from PapunyaExhibitions:1994 Desert Mob, -Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice... See full bio

Doris works in several disciplines including painting, fabric design, woodcarving and more recently ceramics.
Doris’ mother was from Docker River and father from PapunyaExhibitions:1994 Desert Mob, -Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs NT1995 Desert Mob, -Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs NT1996 Desert Mob, -Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs NT1997 Desert Mob, -Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs NT1998 Desert Mob, -Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs NT1999 Desert Mob, -Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs NT2000 Desert Mob, -Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs NT2000 Putting in the Colour, Lorraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne VIC2000 DesArt Gallery, Sydney NSW2001 Desert Mob, -Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs NT2001 Print making from Central Australia, Gallery Gabriel, Footscray Community Centre VIC2002 Desert Mob, -Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs NT2003 Desert Mob, -Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs NT2003 Bush Creatures, -Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs NT2003 Black and White.
Seeing Country in 2 ways, Counihan Gallery, Melbourne VIC2003 Indigenous Ceramic Survey, Ceramic Art Gallery, Sydney NSW2004 Desert Mob, -Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs NT2005 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs NT2007 Advocate Art Award, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs2007 Advocate Art Award, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs2007 Divas of the Desert, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs2007 Desert Mob, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs NTCollections:Nyinkka Nyunyu Interpretive Centre, Tennant Creek NT

Elsie lives at Papunya and paints with Ngurratjuta Art Centre when she is in Alice Springs.
She was born at Glen Helen Gorge and remembers the years she spent with her mother and father well.
Elsie first learnt to paint on canvas at the... See full bio

Elsie lives at Papunya and paints with Ngurratjuta Art Centre when she is in Alice Springs.
She was born at Glen Helen Gorge and remembers the years she spent with her mother and father well.
Elsie first learnt to paint on canvas at the Women's Centre at Mount Leibig, she continues to visit with her family there and particularly enjoys hunting for maku (witchetty grubs) with her daughter and her grandson bringing her kangaroo he has caught while hunting.
Elsie bore seven children, four are still with her today.
She continues to teach young children about culture and takes them out bush at Papunya to search for bush apples and bush bananas and other bush tucker.
Elsie is an important singer for the ceremonial life of the community.
Elsie learnt to paint by watching the older artists and is able to represent the stories of Mulga Seed, Karinyarra, Old Mans Story and Fire in her paintings.

Son of Doris Abbott and Kevin Wirri.
Elton came to the art centre with his parents and showed a keen interest to paint watercolours like his father.
Right from the start he showed much skill, and with some instruction from his father is... See full bio

Son of Doris Abbott and Kevin Wirri.
Elton came to the art centre with his parents and showed a keen interest to paint watercolours like his father.
Right from the start he showed much skill, and with some instruction from his father is now at the tender age of fifteen producing some lovely paintings.
He is so keen to paint that if he has no paperboard in front of him he'll paint on bits of paper or the table top!As well as pursuing his interest in watercolours Elton is also developing his skills in acrylic painting and has produced a number of works in this medium, including portraits combined with landscape.
His interests have extended to theatre and he performed in a sellout production of the show 'Ngapartji Ngapartji' at the Melbourne International Arts Festival in October 2005.
This play has finished a sellout week in Melbourne 2006 and at the Sydney opera house Another performance is planned for July 2007.
Also Adelaide Festival and In Queensland this year.
EXHIBITIONS:2004 Desert Mob, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs2004 Advocate Central Australian Art Award, Alice Springs2005 Desert Mob, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs2006 Hermannsburg School of Art - Water colour exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs 2006 Desert Mob, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs2006 Hermannsburg School of Art Exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs2007 Solo Exhibition, Birrung Gallery, Sydney2007 Desert Mob, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs2008 The Namatjira circle-landscapes of Central Australia, Birrung Gallery, Sydney NSWPUBLICATIONS:Article in the Alice Springs News; April 16th 2004Article in the Sydney morning herald 1/11/06Painting chosen for reproduction in the 2005 Jukurrpa Diary.


Emma Nungarayi lived at Papunya for many years.
She is a well respected elder holding much traditional knowledge, not only in story form, but also song and dance.
Emma also lived at Mt.
Doreen near Yuendamu for many years with her... See full bio

Emma Nungarayi lived at Papunya for many years.
She is a well respected elder holding much traditional knowledge, not only in story form, but also song and dance.
Emma also lived at Mt.
Doreen near Yuendamu for many years with her brother, Don Tjungerrayi and is one of the Traditional Owners of Karrinyarra, Mount Wedge.
Emma now lives in Alice Springs and has been painting with Ngurratjuta since it first opened in 2004.
Over the past 2 years Emma’s paintings have been gaining a lot of attention with her bold motifs and strong colours, indicative of the Papunya area.
Emma is also sister to renowned artist Paddy Carroll (now deceased).
Special Projects:2003 Desert Mob Show, Papunya Women, Dance Performance 2004 Opening of Ngurratjuta Art Centre, Dance Performance2005 Dancing Welcome for visit of Prince Charles to Alice Springs2005 Dance Site, Festival of the Desert, Papunya Women Dance Performance2005 Dance for opening of Desert Mob Exhibition2006 Dance for opening of Desert Mob ExhibitionExhibitions:2003 Desert Mob Exhibitions,2004 Desert Mob Exhibitions, 2005 Desert Mob Exhibitions, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs2006 Solo exhibition, Art Shed, Central Australian Art Society, Alice Springs2006 Group Show, Australia Dreaming Art Gallery.
Melbourne 2006 Solo Exhibition, Indigenart Gallery, Perth 2007 Stories of the Desert, Metro Temple ou Republic, Paris, France2007 Affordable Art Show, Courtesy Indigenart, Melbourne2007 Advocate Art Award, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs2007 Divas of the Desert, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs2007 Desert Mob Exhibitions, Alice SpringsCollections:2007 Art Gallery of New South Wales

Originally from Docker River Faith has been painting for many years.
Daughter of artist Kutarra Butler, and sister of Kim Butler.
Faith is a prolific artist who paints contemporary forms.
She paint's her mother's country situated west... See full bio

Originally from Docker River Faith has been painting for many years.
Daughter of artist Kutarra Butler, and sister of Kim Butler.
Faith is a prolific artist who paints contemporary forms.
She paint's her mother's country situated west of Docker River.
Most of her paintings are Tingyary - Women's BusinessExhibtiions:2007 Divas of the Desert, Gallery Gondwana, Alice SpringsPublications:Jukurrpa Diary 2008

Gloria's father, Claude Pannka was one of the original 'Hermannsburg School' watercolour artists.
Alongside Albert Namatjira, Claude developed an interest in painting when artists Rex Battarbee visited Hermannsburg in 1934.
By 1950... See full bio

Gloria's father, Claude Pannka was one of the original 'Hermannsburg School' watercolour artists.
Alongside Albert Namatjira, Claude developed an interest in painting when artists Rex Battarbee visited Hermannsburg in 1934.
By 1950 Claude was painting full time and became a highly sought after artists.
Gloria's father taught her to paint with watercolours and she continues to paint in the tradition of the 'Hermannsburg school' style.
Gloria uses fine detail and subtle tones to capture the West MacDonnell Ranges where she currently lives.
Exhibitions:2003 Desert Mob Exhibition.
Alice Springs Painting acquired by Araluen Art Gallery2004 Desert Mob Exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs.
2004 Affordable Art Exhibition, Melbourne.
Courtesy Alcaston Gallery2005 NAIDOC Week Exhibition.
The Highway Gallery, Mount Waverley, Victoria2005 Desert Mob Exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs.
2006 Hermannsburg School of Art - Watercolour Exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs2006 Desert Mob Exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs2007 Desert Mob Exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs2008 Indigenart, Subiaco WACollections:2003 Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs NT2007 Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs NT

Gwenda is Albert Namatjira's Grand Daughter. Daughter to Oscar and Desma. Sister to Lenie, Regie, Albert JNR and Rosabelle.

Eldest Daughter of Kevin Wirri and Doris Abbott, she has two children of her own, Troy and CraigJanet has been painting for a long time.

Kevin was born and raised at Haasts Bluff with his father kata Wirri and mother Freda Nangala.
Kevin went to school in Papunya and Areyonga.
When he grew up he worked at Haast's Bluff.
In 1974 he married Doris Abbott and came to live in... See full bio

Kevin was born and raised at Haasts Bluff with his father kata Wirri and mother Freda Nangala.
Kevin went to school in Papunya and Areyonga.
When he grew up he worked at Haast's Bluff.
In 1974 he married Doris Abbott and came to live in Alice Springs.
He started working with the Tangentyere Council and in 1995 was elected to the Tangentyere Executive.
He is a member of the 4 Corners Council, a group of traditional law men who make rules for Aboriginal people in the Central Australian region.
Kevin has been an artist all his life and has worked on several large art projects.
One of these was the decoration of the store at Docker River where he designed and painted a mural.
Kevin works mainly in watercolours and depicts the Central Australian landscape and the West MacDonnell Ranges in his own masterly style, which has made him an artist of renown.
He and Doris have three children and their son Elton shows early promise, and is painting watercolors after the style of his father.
EXHIBITIONS:2003 Desert Mob, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs2004 Desert Mob, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs 2004 Central Australian Advocate Art Award, Highly Commended2005 Desert Mob Exhibition, Araluen Galleries Alice Springs2006 Desert Mob Exhibition2006 Hermannsburg School of Art - Water colour exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs2007 Work selected for Telstra Art Award Exhibition, Darwin2007 Advocate Art Award, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs2007 24th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of NT2007 Desert Mob Exhibitions, Araluen Galleries, Alice SpringsCollections:Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs, NTMuseum and Art Gallery of NTCATALOGUE NO'S:NGUR03, NGUR04, NGUR12

Lenie is Albert Namatjira's granddaughter, daughter to Oscar Namatjira.
After an abscense form Hermannsburg to attend mission school and complete three years service in the Army Labor gang, Oscar returned to his family at Hermannsburg... See full bio

Lenie is Albert Namatjira's granddaughter, daughter to Oscar Namatjira.
After an abscense form Hermannsburg to attend mission school and complete three years service in the Army Labor gang, Oscar returned to his family at Hermannsburg mission and took up painting like his father.
For a period of twelve months Oscar became Albert’s truck driver, driving Albert and his supplies to different painting locations.
Oscar learnt paint from his father and became skilled practitioner in his own right.
Oscar raised a large family, with Lenie being one of ten children.
Lenie and her siblings (Euphrene, Reginald, Saleen, Wallace, Albert Jnr, Marcia, Donald, Rosabelle and Bessie) were all raised at Hermannsburg.
Lenie paints in the tradition of her father and grandfather.
Her watercolour paintings focus on the landscape west of Hermannsburg.
Many of her paintings are drawn from childhood memories of her country.
Lenie is also known by her married name 'Lankin' and in the past has spelt her name Lennie, with a double 'n'.
Exhibition:2004 Desert Mob Exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs 2005 Affordable Art Show, Melbourne, Courtesy Alcaston Gallery 2005 Art Sydney 05 Fox Studios Sydney , Courtesy Alcaston Gallery2005 Desert Mob Exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs2006 Watercolour exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs2006 Desert Mob Exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs2007 Advocate Art Award, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs2007 Divas of the Desert, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs2007 Desert Mob Exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs2008 Indigenart, Subiaco WA2008 The Namatjira circle-landscapes of Central Australia, Birrung Gallery, Sydney NSWCollections:National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Lynette has been painting for many years. She usually paints at the art centre in Yuendamu, but comes to paint with us at Ngurratjuta when she is in Alice Springs.

Marie is the daughter of Aurthur and Katie (nee Uburtja) Abbott and grew up at Hermannsburg.
Her brother the late Clem Abbott was a highly respected water colourist from the Hermannsburg school.
In her earlier work Marie used... See full bio

Marie is the daughter of Aurthur and Katie (nee Uburtja) Abbott and grew up at Hermannsburg.
Her brother the late Clem Abbott was a highly respected water colourist from the Hermannsburg school.
In her earlier work Marie used watercolours to paint the landscape but her brother said that she should paint her own style.
From this Marie developed a naturalistic stle of landscapes using acrylicpaint on canvas, eventually combining dotting into the landscape very successfully.
During the period 1993 to 1996 Marie would detail birds of the region into her landscapes.
Since 1996 the subject of her work has been illustrating bush foods and women gathering using symbolic designs and dotting, although she has begun to paint the landscapes once again.
Marie painted a large mural at the Aboriginal Birthing Centre in Alice Springs.
Marie is a registered Aboriginal Health worker and is studying with Bachelor College in Aboriginal Health.
EXHIBITIONS:2004 Advocate Central Australian Art Award2005 Desert Mob Exhibition , Alice Springs

Marilyn was born in the Jay Creek community, but grew up in Hermansburg where her father worked for the Finke River Mission as an engineer.
It was here that Marilyn remembers watching Albert Namatjira and Clifford Possum painting and... See full bio

Marilyn was born in the Jay Creek community, but grew up in Hermansburg where her father worked for the Finke River Mission as an engineer.
It was here that Marilyn remembers watching Albert Namatjira and Clifford Possum painting and being inspired by them and being given permission to paint the dreamtime stories.
As a teenager she was a vocalists with the Aranda band in Hermannsburg.
She started to paint back in 1988 as a stress reliever (for the womens centre).
Clifford encouraged Marilyn to develop her skills with her dot painting, helping her to understand and paint the Dreamtime stories of the area they are from.
Marilyn has many skills and worked as a councellor at the womens and childrens centre also with Aboriginal congress as a health worker.
Marilyn moved back to Jay Creek in 1974.
Although she spends a lot of time with her young family, she still likes to do beadwork, paint and do leather work which she learnt from her father.
Marilyn has been on the board of Ngurratjuta Aboriginal Corporation for many years and it was at her suggestion that the Art centre was formed to create a place for artists to come and paint when they are in town and pass on their knowledge to the younger generations.
EXHIBITIONS:2003 Desert Mob Exhibition2004 Advocate Central Australian Art Award2004 Desert Mob Exhibition2005 Desert Mob Exhibition2007 Desert Mob Exhibition

Mavis was born at New Haven.
She is the sister of Ronnie Tjampitjinpa and Smithy Zimmerman Tjampitjinpa.
Her sisters Yuyuwa Nampitjinpa and Gina Nampitjinpa are from the same birth mother and father (Tjangala).
She enjoys traveling to... See full bio

Mavis was born at New Haven.
She is the sister of Ronnie Tjampitjinpa and Smithy Zimmerman Tjampitjinpa.
Her sisters Yuyuwa Nampitjinpa and Gina Nampitjinpa are from the same birth mother and father (Tjangala).
She enjoys traveling to Kintore to visit with her sister Yuyuwa.
Gina lives in Alice Springs and Mavis is able to see her regularly.
She moved to Haasts Bluff as a teenager with her mother .
When she married she moved to Mt Leibig with her husband and began to paint at the art centre there.
Mavis returned to Haast's Bluff at the death of her husband, later moving to Papunya.
Mavis likes to paint the Ceremonial Dancing of ladies at Mt Leibig, and represents their body painting designs.
She also paints the story given to her by her Grandfather of Kalipinpa, the Water Dreaming which comes from her mother's side.
She has raised five children as her own, and her Daughter Sylvana Marks is also an artist.
EXHIBITIONS:2004 Desert Mob Exhibition, Alice Springs2005 Affordable Art Fair, Melbourne, Courtesy Alcaston Gallery.
2005 Art Sydney 05.
Fox Studios, Sydney, Courtesy Alcaston Gallery2005 Desert Mob Exhibition , Alice Springs.
2006 Combined Exhibition with Papunya artists at Australian Dreaming Art Gallery, October 20062006 Desert Mob Exhibition, Alice SpringsSPECIAL PROJECTS:Desert Mob Show 2003 - Papunya Women Dancers - Performance Opening of Ngurratjuta Art Centre 2004 - Dancing PerformanceDancing Welcome for visit of Prince Charles to Alice Springs, 2005Dance Site, Festival of the Desert 2005 - Papunya Women Dancers - PerformancePUBLICATIONSPainting chosen for the 2006 Jukurrpa diary

Mervyn was born at the Telegraph Station in Alice Springs.
His mother was a Western Arrernte woman.
His father was the famous painter, the late Mr.
W Rubuntja Pengarte.
His father has been an important role model for Mervyn.
He was a... See full bio

Mervyn was born at the Telegraph Station in Alice Springs.
His mother was a Western Arrernte woman.
His father was the famous painter, the late Mr.
W Rubuntja Pengarte.
His father has been an important role model for Mervyn.
He was a senior Lawman and a respected member of his community.
He fought for Aboriginal rights and protection of the land and worked alongside the Central Land Council and assisted in the Marbo agreement.
(See his biography “The Town grew up Dancing”, IAD Press).
Mervyn is following in his father's footsteps and painting his watercolours in the way his father taught him.
When Mervyn was 13 yrs old his family moved to Hermannsburg.
This is where he first saw watercolour paintings as he watched his uncles Maurice, Oscar and Keith Namatjira painting like their father Albert.
Arnulf Ebatarinja, another uncle, gave him some watercolour paperboard and told him to paint and that was the beginning for him.
Mervyn's family moved back to Alice Springs again in 1975 and he began to paint with Basil Rantji, who taught him how to mix colours.
Then his father gave him some paperboards too and he watched his father painting.
Mervyn lives at Larapinta camp where he has paints at the Learning Centre.
He also paints for Ngurratjuta's art centre.
Mervyn has sold his paintings at the Papunya Tula Gallery and the Arunta Book shop in Alice Springs.
In 2006 Mervyn was invited to submit a painting for the Mornington Peninsular Works on Paper Exhibition.
Exhibitions include:2004 Central Advocate Award, Alice Springs2005 Desert Mob Exhibition, Alice Springs.
2006 Hermannsburg School of Art Water colour exhibition, Araluen Galleries2006 Desert Mob Exhibition, Alice Springs2007 Shifting Ground Exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs2007 24th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of NT2007 Desert Mob Exhibition, Alice Springs 2008 The Namatjira circle-landscapes of Central Australia, Birrung Gallery, Sydney NSWCollections:Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs, NTIan Viner QCMuseum and Art Gallery of NT 

Pansy Napangardi was born at Haasts Bluff in the late 40’s.
She never went to school as she would always run away to go swimming and be with the horses on the Haasts Bluff Mission instead.
In 1960 Pansy lived at Papunya and observed... See full bio

Pansy Napangardi was born at Haasts Bluff in the late 40’s.
She never went to school as she would always run away to go swimming and be with the horses on the Haasts Bluff Mission instead.
In 1960 Pansy lived at Papunya and observed many artists painting, in particular Johnny Warrangkula and Kaapa Tjampitjinpa.
She developed her own style of painting and rather than work on paintings with the older men Pansy began working for herself in the early 70’s.
Pansy paints the Desert Raisin story, this dreaming belongs to her mother who is from Ilypili country.
The desert raisin (kampuralpa) is a seed fruit from which the women make a dough, it is then eaten and not cooked.
She also paints Kungka Kutjarra (two women) Travelling, the site is Ilypilli and surrounding country.
The underlining symbols represent countryside and body paint, the women are travelling and having ceremonies along the journey.
Other painting themes are the Hail Dreaming or Water Dreaming.
Her sister Alice Napangardi is married to Dinny Nolan and lives at Papunya.
Exhibitions:1987 Fourth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Darwin1988, 1989, 1991 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne1988 The Inspired Dream, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane1988 Expo, Brisbane1988 Sydney Opera House, Sydney1989, 1994 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne1990 Friendly Country - Friendly People1991 Karnta, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney1993, 1994 Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs1998-2000 Travelling exhibition in Washington D.
C.
, USA and Australia2004 Art Aborigine Pour Tous, Galerie DAD, Mantes-la-Jolie, France2004 Kuniya Pilkarti, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne2004 Mythology and Reality, Heidi Museum of Modern Art, MelbourneCollections: National Gallery of Australia - Canberra, Robert Holmes a Court Collection, Artbank-Sydney, National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of Queensland, Museum & Art Gallery of Northern Territory, Australian National University - Canberra, Donald Kahn collection-University of Miami, The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica U.
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Peter was born at Oodnadatta, South Australia and comes from a large family.
Peter's father worked as a station hand in the central desert region.
As a small boy Peter accompanied his father as he worked stations from Horse Shoe Bend... See full bio

Peter was born at Oodnadatta, South Australia and comes from a large family.
Peter's father worked as a station hand in the central desert region.
As a small boy Peter accompanied his father as he worked stations from Horse Shoe Bend through to Hermannsburg, 120km west of Alice Springs.
These early years in Hermannsburg shaped Peter's lifelong interest in painting.
Not only did the picturesque location of Hermannsburg (set amongst the West MacDonnell Ranges) capture his imagination, but the example set by Hermannsburg artist, Albert Namatjira influencedAfter completing his schooling in Adelaide Peter returned to live in Alice Springs.
Peter spent many hours painting alongside Clem Abbott and Keith Namatjira, where he further developed the initial drawing and painting skills he'd learnt at school.
Peter has painted all of his adult life and is a skilled mature watercolour artist.
Exhibitions:1991 Australian Aboriginal Art from the Donald Kahn collectionDreamings - Tjukurrpa: Aboriginal art of the Western Desert Museum Villa Stuck, Munich2003 Desert Mob, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs2006 Hermannsburg School of Art - Watercolour Exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs2008 Indigenart, Subiaco WA2008 The Namatjira circle-landscapes of Central Australia, Birrung Gallery, Sydney NSWCollections:Donald Hahn Collection Lowe Art Museum University of Miami The Kelton Foundation Santa Monica, USALasseter's Casino, Alice SpringsPrincess Anne

Topsy Napaltjari is a Luritja woman who was born c 1953.
Topsy has been painting intermittently since the late 1980's, and paints women's stories, honey ant and bush tucker dreamings from her country around Papunya.
Topsy is the second... See full bio

Topsy Napaltjari is a Luritja woman who was born c 1953.
Topsy has been painting intermittently since the late 1980's, and paints women's stories, honey ant and bush tucker dreamings from her country around Papunya.
Topsy is the second eldest daughter of Paddy Carroll Tjungarrayi from whom she seeks a lot of advice from concerning her paintings.
Topsy is the custodian of the Bush Onion story in Karrinyarra Country.
PUBLICATIONS:2005 Jukapurr Diary 

Marilyn Armstrong is her Aunty

Wesley Sampson paints men’s stories of hunting and often depicts hunting tools and snake dreaming.
More recently Wesley has been painting in the Naïve style, which has experienced an emergence through the Central Desert over the past few... See full bio

Wesley Sampson paints men’s stories of hunting and often depicts hunting tools and snake dreaming.
More recently Wesley has been painting in the Naïve style, which has experienced an emergence through the Central Desert over the past few years.
Partner to Tanya Corby