Energetic young artist Sally Kemara Perkins has recently begun painting for Eastern Desert Art. Her paintings are inspired by the landscape and flora of the...
Ruby comes from a very large artistic family which includes her mother, Mary Kemarre Morton and her 4 sisters, Lucky, Sarah, Audrey and Hazel. Ruby...
Bessie Pitjara was born in 1960 into the Alyawarr tribe. She lives on Utopia with her mother, renowned artist, Polly Ngala and her aunties, Kathleen...
Only twenty three years of age, Natalie Pula Holmes is an emerging artist. Her fascination with painting goes back to her childhood in Tennant Creek...
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Julie Pangata was born in 1955 at Ti Tree in the Northern Territory. Her father (deceased) was Paddy Pananka Pangata and her mother is Rosie...
Mary Ngala Jones was born into an artistic family. She is daughter of the painter Myrtle Petyarre and niece to Ada Bird Petyarre, Gloria Petyarre,...
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Hazel Kngwarreye Morton was born in 1963 into a large artistic family. Her mother Kathleen Kamara Morton was wife number two to Billy (Stockman) Pitjara...
Jessie Pitjara Hunter was born in 1957 at MacDonald Downs and is the sister of renowned artists Sandy, Annie and Susan Pitjara Hunter. She, along...
Lisa Pula Mills is the daughter of renowned artist Dolly Petyarre Mills. She was born at MacDonald Downs and now lives on Utopia with her...
Julie Sandover Robinson is a young energetic woman who lives with her extended artistic family on Utopia. Julie has only just begun her painting career...
Janice Kngwarreye Morton, born in 1959, is the youngest daughter of Utopian artists Mary Kemarre and Billy (Stockman) Pitjara Morton. As part of the Alyawarr...
Born in June 1954 to Mary Kemarre and Billy (Stockman) Pitjara Morton, Audrey together with her sisters began her artistic career with her introduction into...
Sarah Kngwarreye Morton, born in October 1958, is the third daughter of Utopian artists Mary Kemarre and Billy (Stockman) Pitjara Morton (deceased). Together with her...
Annie Pitjara Hunter, sister to artists Susan, Jessie and Sandy Pitjara Hunter is becoming well known for the fine execution of her interpretation of Women's...
Polly Ngala was born in 1940 into the Anmatyarr tribe. She was married to Ray Yeramba (deceased) and now lives at Camel Camp on Utopia...
Mary Kemarre Morton - born in 1925 on MacDonald Downs - is one of the senior women on Utopia and therefore has responsibility for initiating...
Lucky Kngwarreye Morton (Kngwarreye originally spelt Ngwarai) was born in 1949 on MacDonald Downs and is the daughter of artist and senior boss woman Mary...
Kathleen Ngala was born in approximately 1933 and is one of the senior boss women on Utopia. Her language is Anmatyerr and she is married...
Freddy Kngwarreye Jones was born in 1939 on Old MacDonald Station. His father, Jacob Jones, was an authoritative Alyawarre man who traveled extensively as a...
Elizabeth Kamara Leo, born in 1953 in Alice Springs, into the Anmatyerr tribe and she now lives at the outstation of Irrultja, on Utopia Station,...
Dolly Petyarre Mills was born in 1948 at Boundary Bore Outstation on Utopia Community in the Northern Territory and her language group is Alyawarr. Dolly...
Cowboy Louie Pwerle was born in 1941 on Old MacDonald station. He is the younger brother of Louie Pwerle (deceased) who was an important Utopian...
Born in 1937, Gladdy Kemarre (also spelt Gladys) lives at the outstation of Camel Camp, Utopia. She paints her Dreaming - Bush Plum - as...
Sister of the renowned artist Lily Sandover Kngwarreye (deceased) and Freddy Kngwarreye Jones and auntie to Charlie Petyarre Jones, Joy Kngwarreye Jones was born in...
Born circa 1966 into the Alyawarr tribe and the younger sister of artists Annie Pitjara Hunter, Jessie Pitjara Hunter and Sandy Pitjara Hunter, Susan lives...
Charlie Petyarre Jones born in 1968 is son of renowned artist Freddy Kngwarreye Jones who sanctions what can be shown and painted. Charlie lives on...
Born in 1953 on MacDonald Downs into the Alyawarr tribe, Sandy Pitjara Hunter is greatly admired for his fine and precise dotwork and masterful use...
Born in 1947, Angeline Pwerle Ngala has come into international prominence with her interpretation of her Dreaming - the Bush Plum - Arnwekety on her...
In her paintings, Pitjara Hunter symbolizes all that is associated with Awely - the decorated torsos of the women the women's ceremonial sites or dreaming...
This painting relates to the Honey Ant Ancestor. The Honey Ant is one of the main Dreamings of the women of the Eastern Desert, Central...
In this painting, one of her Autumn series, Ollie (Ally) Kemarre (deceased) depicts Bush Plum Dreaming. She has saturated the canvas in a profusion of...
Natalie Pula Holmes' Sand Dunes is an evocation of landscape encountered on her many travels to Lake Nash in the Northern Territory. She layers colour...
Natalie Pula Holmes' Sand Dunes is an evocation of landscape encountered on her many travels to Lake Nash in the Northern Territory. She layers colour...
Mary Kemarre Morton - born in 1925 on MacDonald Downs into the Alyawarr tribe - is one of the senior women on Utopia and therefore...
Dolly is widely recognised as one of Australia’s leading Aboriginal artists and has works in major Australian and international collections. Her Dreamings include Yam Seed...
Dolly is widely recognised as one of Australia’s leading Aboriginal artists and has works in major Australian and international collections. Her Dreamings include Yam Seed...
Natalie Pula Holmes’ work is shaped by the nature and landscape of the Eastern Desert, Central Australia where she lives. The shimmering multi-coloured desert landscape...
Natalie Pula Holmes’ work is shaped by the nature and landscape of the Eastern Desert, Central Australia where she lives. The shimmering multi-coloured desert landscape...
Natalie Pula Holmes’ work is shaped by the nature and landscape of the Eastern Desert, Central Australia where she lives. The shimmering multi-coloured desert landscape...
Natalie Pula Holmes' Sand Dunes is an evocation of landscape encountered on her many travels to Lake Nash in the Northern Territory. She layers colour...
Sally Kemara Perkins is a young Eastern Arrernte artist whose paintings represent the landscape of her childhood and landscape of her travels. She derives her...
Sally Kemara Perkins is a young Eastern Arrernte artist whose paintings represent the landscape of her childhood and landscape of her travels. She derives her...
Sally Kemara Perkin’s work represents the landscape of her childhood and landscape of her travels. She derives her inspiration from the many and varied wild...
Susan Pitjara Hunter has carved this striking piece from the wood of the local Bean Tree. She uses a hammer and several different chisel to...
This beautifully detailed work which stands on its own pedistal has been hand carved from the wood of the local native Bean Tree. The artist,...
Lisa is from a family of renowned artists including her mother, Dolly Petyarre Mills, and her auntie, Gloria Petyarre Mills. She is a relatively new...
Lisa is from a family of renowned artists including her mother, Dolly Petyarre Mills, and her auntie, Gloria Petyarre Mills. She is a relatively new...
Annie Pitjara Hunter's inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely - Women's Business. Awely includes the painted designs and images associated...
Sarah Kngwarreye Morton's depiction of Rainbow Dreaming is suffused with shades of pinks, violets, blues and yellows. Rainbow Dreaming is associated with ceremonies ensuring the...
Sandy Pitjara Hunter who is in his early 50s, lives at Irrultja on Utopia in the Northern Territory with his wife Elizabeth Kamara Leo. He...
Dolly Petyarre Mills calls these paintings Yam dreaming. She says the ‘yam it spread everywhere’. She represents the yam roots spreading in a colourful complex...
Lucky Kngwarreye Morton comes from a large artistic family including her mother, Mary Kemarre Morton and sisters Sarah, Hazel, Audrey, Ruby and Janice. Her Dreamings...
In this abstract work Susan Pitjara Hunter depicts Awely (Body Paint) women's ceremonial body adornments. The women’s bodies are decorated in semi-circular stripes of natural...
Julie Sandover Robertson's inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely or women’s business which are ceremonies associated with women’s social structure...
Daughter of the renowned Polly Ngala, Bessie has only just begun her painting career. Like her mother, Bessie paints her dreaming - The Bush Plum....
Daughter of the renowned Polly Ngala, Bessie has only just begun her painting career. Like her mother, Bessie paints her dreaming - The Bush Plum....
Natalie Pula Holmes is part of an exciting new generation of young painters who view life and landscape with a very different perspective to that...
Natalie Pula Holmes is part of an exciting new generation of young painters who view life and landscape with a very different perspective to that...
Natalie Pula Holmes is part of an exciting new generation of young painters who view life and landscape with a very different perspective to that...
Joy Jones’ inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely or women’s business which are ceremonies associated with women’s social structure and...
Joy Jones’ inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely or women’s business which are ceremonies associated with women’s social structure and...
Joy Jones’ inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely or women’s business which are ceremonies associated with women’s social structure and...
The morass of Wild Flowers produced after desert rains are the source of Lucky Kngwarreye Morton's inspiration. In this painting she uses a pastel pallette...
Here Gladdy Kemarre depicts the Bush Plum after the long summer with scorching winds dry and scatter the seed and husk of the bush plum...
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This beautifully detailed work which stands on its own black pedistal has been hand carved from the wood of the local native Bean Tree. The...
This beautifully detailed work which stands on its own black pedistal has been hand carved from the wood of the local native Bean Tree. The...
This beautifully detailed work has been hand carved from the wood of the local native Bean Tree. The artist, Wally Pwerle Clark, works from a...
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This beautiful coolamon has been carved from a local native bean tree. Coolamons are are used as vessels for carrying food or for carrying babies....
Julie's painting is her impression of the Bush Plum (Arnwekety) plant as it flowers into maturity across her country. The Bush Plum (Arnwekety) is a...
Julie's painting is her impression of the Bush Plum (Arnwekety) plant as it flowers into maturity across her country. The Bush Plum (Arnwekety) is a...
Mary Ngala Jones style is distinctively minimalist and she uses a very delicate dotting technique and traditional colours derived from natural ochres. Her Dreaming is...
Mary Ngala Jones style is distinctively minimalist and she uses a very delicate dotting technique and traditional colours derived from natural ochres. Her Dreaming is...
Mary Ngala Jones style is distinctively minimalist and she uses a very delicate dotting technique and traditional colours derived from natural ochres. Her Dreaming is...
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Lucky infuses her painting with colours of rainbows. Rainbow Dreaming is associated with ceremonies ensuring the fertility of species which is capable on the one...
Hazel depicts the colours of the wildflower seeds scatter across her country after severe winds. She layers with bursts of violet, orange and pink which...
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Joy Jones’ inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely or women’s business which are ceremonies associated with women’s social structure and...
This painting depicts an aerial view of Sandy Pitjara Hunter's country as created by the Caterpillar Ancestor. Sandy maintains the men’s tradition of meticulously laid...
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In this semi abstract work Susan Pitjara Hunter depicts Awely (Body Paint) women's ceremonial sites or dreaming places where women are gathered. The women’s bodies...
In this semi abstract work Susan Pitjara Hunter depicts Awely (Body Paint) women's ceremonial sites or dreaming places where women are gathered. The women’s bodies...
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Joy Jones’ inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely or women’s business which are ceremonies associated with women’s social structure and...
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This painting depicts an aerial view of Sandy Pitjara Hunter's country as created by the Caterpillar Ancestor. Sandy maintains the men’s tradition of meticulously laid...
In this work, Sandy Pitjara Hunter depicts the Bush Tucker Seeds scattered in a mirage of colour all over his country of Utopia. Seen from...
Mary Kemarre Morton’s work symbolizes the different body designs painted on the women for the ceremonies. Underlying the work is layer upon layer of grid-like...
Cowboy Louie Pwerle is one of the highly regarded Elders of Utopia and is senior custodian for the Bush Turkey Ancestor. Here he depicts a...
In this semi-abstract work, Annie HUnter depicts the ochre body art of the women in ceremonial attire. These designs which are painted on the chest,...
This is the ground design for the sacred ceremony of the Wallaby. The designs are prepared on the ground during lengthy song cylces marking the...
Gladdy’s paintings of Bush Men relate to events of at least 100 years ago before white men came to the Central Desert region. Gladdy depicts...
Gladdy’s paintings depict the changing seasonal influences of the Bush Plum plant which is of great significance to the Anmatyerr and Alyawarr women of the...
Polly’s paintings depict the changing seasonal influences of the Bush Plum plant which is of great significance to the Anmatyerr and Alyawarr women of the...
Susan’s inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely and the ceremonies associated with it. Awely refers to the ceremonial world of...
In her paintings, Pitjara Hunter symbolizes all that is associated with Awely - the decorated torsos of the women the women's ceremonial sites or dreaming...
Lucky’s source of inspiration for Wild Flowers is from the colours, textures and patterns of the masses of flowering plants which spring up all over...
Lucky’s source of inspiration for Wild Flowers is from the colours, textures and patterns of the masses of flowering plants which spring up all over...
Lucky’s source of inspiration for Wild Flowers is from the colours, textures and patterns of the masses of flowering plants which spring up all over...
Gladdy Kemarre's painting depicts the changing seasonal influences of the Bush Plum plant which is of great significance to the Anmatyerr and Alyawarr women of...
Joy’s inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely or women’s business which are ceremonies associated with women’s social structure and ritual...
Her inspiration is derived from her two Countries - Ngkwarlerlanem and Arnkawenyerr. The amazing Honey Ant provides the basis for this work. The Honey Ant's...
In this painting Elizabeth Kemara Leo depicts women’s bodies decorated in preparation for Women’s Business. They are painted as if seen from an aerial perspective....
Joy’s inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely and the ceremonies associated with it. Awely refers to the ceremonial world of...
Audrey Kngwarreye Morton depicts the patterns of the body of the Rainbow Spirit which comes to life in the form of a rainbow at the...
In her paintings, Susan symbolizes all that is associated with Awely - the decorated torsos of the women the women's ceremonial sites or dreaming places...
In her paintings, Pitjara Hunter symbolizes all that is associated with Awely - the decorated torsos of the women the women's ceremonial sites or dreaming...
Emily Kame Kngwarreye completed this highly symbolic work in 1996 - the final year of her long rich life. The painting was commissioned by the...
The colours of the rainbow are mimicked in the bright, modern colours that Sarah uses in her paintings. Rainbow Dreaming, associated with ceremonies ensuring the...
Sandy is concerned with Caterpillar Dreaming. His painting depicts an aerial view of his country as created by the Caterpillar Ancestor. Sandy maintains the classical...
Joy’s inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely and the ceremonies associated with it. Awely refers to the ceremonial world of...
Annie’s Awely paintings show several groups of women congregated around various ceremonial sites. It is at these ceremonial gatherings that the women, especially the younger...
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Annie Pitjara Hunter's inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely - Women's Business. Awely includes the painted designs and images associated...
Annie Pitjara Hunter's inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely - Women's Business. Awely includes the painted designs and images associated...
Annie Pitjara Hunter's inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely - Women's Business. Awely includes the painted designs and images associated...
Annie Pitjara Hunter's inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely - Women's Business. Awely includes the painted designs and images associated...
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Polly’s paintings depict the changing seasonal influences of the Bush Plum plant which is of great significance to the Anmatyerr and Alyawarr women of the...
Using a delicate dotting technique and dramatic juxtaposition of colours, Dolly Petyarre Mills depicts the track marks and grid-like patterns of the highly nomadic Emu....
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Elizabeth Kamara Leo uses a fine dotting technique to build layer upon layer of colour representing the bush tucker seeds scattered across the country. Dissected...
Annie Pitjara Hunter's inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely - Women's Business. Awely includes the painted designs and images associated...
Lucky’s source of inspiration for Wild Flowers is derived from the colours, textures and patterns of the masses of flowering plants which spring up all...
Joy’s inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely and the ceremonies associated with it. Awely refers to the ceremonial world of...
Joy’s inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely and the ceremonies associated with it. Awely refers to the ceremonial world of...
Joy’s inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely and the ceremonies associated with it. Awely refers to the ceremonial world of...
In her paintings, Susan Pitjara Hunter symbolizes all that is associated with Awely - the decorated torsos of the women the women's ceremonial sites or...
This painting depicts the different kinds of Bush Tucker Seeds found in outback Australia. Bush Tucker is Australian Native Food & Plants. The seeds are...
Joy’s inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely and the ceremonies associated with it. Awely refers to the ceremonial world of...
Using a delicate dotting technique and dramatic juxtaposition of colours, Dolly Petyarre Mills calls these paintings Yam Seed dreaming. She represents the yam roots spreading...
Lucky Kngwarreye Morton depicts the patterns of the body of the Rainbow Spirit which comes to life in the form of a rainbow at the...
Polly Ngala's applies layers of yellow, orange and white dots depicting Bush Plum dreaming in her country of Arlparra. Utopia is home to two varieties...
Polly Ngala paints the Dreaming, Bush Plum. Her paintings depict the changing seasonal influences on a plant that is of great significance to the Anmatyarr...
In this painting Elizabeth Kemara Leo depicts women’s bodies decorated in preparation for Women’s Business. They are painted as if seen from an aerial perspective....
This is the very important ground design for the sacred ceremony of the Wallaby whose designs are prepared on the ground during the long song...