Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa (Mrs Bennett)
Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa (Mrs Bennett) Born c1938 – 2013 Ningura was born around 1938 at Watulka, south of the Kiwirrkurra Community, west of Alice Springs. Ningura moved to Papunya in the early days of the settlement with her husband Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi. After originally learning her trade whilst doing the background dotting on Yala Yala’s […]
Tjungkara Ken
Tjungkara Ken was born in Amata (SA) in 1969 and was one of the first young artists to begin working with Tjala Arts (in 1997). Ken said, “I do paintings about my country. That’s ngura: rockholes and the land, the hills and big creek beds. Sometimes I do stories about the Seven Sisters and about […]
Freda Brady
Tanya Brady
Peter Smets
Peter Smets is the man of the moment in the Australian art world. He is the country’s young Old Master. For this exquisite example of his eloquent and highly finessed painting style, it is the old master he has most assiduously emulated. If bright is a thing, he has the advantage early of being born […]
James Ainslie
James Ainslie was born in South Australia in 1950, graduated in art from the South Australian School of Art and has exhibited throughout Australia and overseas since 1975. Harking back to his childhood in South Australia, spent playing around the Coorong and exploring the huge sand tracks around the Murray River, sand and water have […]
John Santucci
Moving to Byron Bay a few years ago my work was mainly focused on surreal cityscapes and whimsical caravans, new surroundings launched thoughts of new directions. I didn’t want to pursue seascapes and lighthouses, instead I chose a subject that was quite literally staring me in the face. Our garden was somewhat basic, but Byron’s […]
Crispin Akerman
Crispin Akerman is a visual artist living and working in the South West of Western Australia. He grew up in the Perth Hills then Wanneroo where he spent his spare time in the bush, drawing, painting, and playing music. He went to Claremont art school for a brief time before joining Perth band Eurogliders. After […]
Kylie Elkington
These paintings represent a collection of memories and manifestations of the way in which the exquisite beauty of nature appeals to me. The result of a layering of sensations and knowledge about a place, the role of the species of natives and others in that place, and in turn, the ways in which all elements […]
Tommy Watson – Yannima Pikarli
One of Australia’s greatest Aboriginal artists, Yannima Pikarli Tommy Watson was a senior Pitjant-jatjara leader. Tommy Watson grew up living a traditional nomadic life in the semi-arid country at the edge of the Gibson Desert. Learning about his country, culture and tjukurpa from his father and grandparents, he developed a deep spiritual connection with his […]