Tanya Bird 900 mm x 2000 mm

Tanya Bird 900 mm x 2000 mm

then moved to Watiyawanu (Mt Liebig approx 325 km west of Alice Springs) and today still spends most of her time there with her well-known artist husband Norman Kelly

Barbara began her painting career and in 1994 was part of a group of ten Utopian women to travel to Indonesia to learn about Batik(silk painting) Not long after returning from Indonesia Barbara’s individual works began to attract attention from collectors worldwide

When painting on linen

Richard Yukenbarri Tjakamarra was born in the bush near Lake Gregory west of Balgo around 1960 and is the son of the well-known Balgo artist Lucy Yukenbarri

Samantha’s paintings feature the Spirit Men which has also been a major focus of works painted by both her mother & grandmother

Emily Kngwarreye who played a major role in helping raise Barbara prior to being taken

Her work is characterized by vibrant fresh colours and designs celebrating the spirit of the yam plant (Kurrajong Tree) as it generates year after year to feed the people

hunting and living off the land as the Aboriginal people did for thousands of years before her

creating much of the landscape in Central Australia

north of Yuendumu)

Richard began working regularly for the Papunya Tula Artists in 2002 and his paintings refer to his father’s country

Abie Loy Kemarre