NEW ARTWORKS ON OUR WEBSITE
We have had our seasonal closure over February and March and this week we are back in the gallery. We are looking forward to seeing artists return and create their wonderful artworks. Tomorrow we will have Margaret Lewis Napangardi, Sabrina Robertson Nangala, Fabrianne Peterson Nampitjinpa and Gwenda Turner Nungurrayi. We can’t wait to see what new ideas these talented ladies have been thinking about over the last few weeks. Having been closed for our seasonal closure, there are not too many new works on display and can’t wait to begin work in the studio.
This year is looking good for tourism in Central Australia, with many hotels and attractions reporting a solid forward booking during the busy period. We are grateful to have been able to continue to bring our selection of amazing artwork to you all through our newsletter, website and Facebook page.
KUDDTJI KNGWARREYE
We have just released a selection of large works by one of the most exciting Australian Indigenous artists, Kuddtji Kngwarreye. His Emu Dreaming artworks tell the story of Lulgurra, the Emu. Click the button above to view all works available.
The work of this extraordinary artist have captured the imagination of art lovers far and wide for many years. His abstract telling of his Emu Dreaming story is a fresh new take on Australian Aboriginal Art styles of yesteryear. Originally, Kuddtji painted in a much more traditional style, using painted story and intricate dot work to create these works.
From early 2003 Kuddtji began to experiment with paint to eradicate the pointillist style altogether and use a heavily loaded paint brush to sweep broadly across the canvas in stages, similar to the western landscape plane.
LILY KELLY NAPANGARDI
Lily and her daughter Dulcie Long Pula were among the first artists to work in our studio 10 years ago. Both artists employ an intricate application of dots to depict the Sand Hills (known as Tali) around Mt Liebig, to the west of Alice Springs.
Lily Kelly Napangardi began painting in the early 1980s. She won the Northern Territory Art Award for Excellence in Aboriginal Painting in 1986 and was a finalist in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA) in 2003. In January 2006, she was named as one of Australia's 50 most collectable artists by Australian Art Collector magazine.
Lily is a respected senior law woman of her community of Watiyawanu, and the custodian over the Women's Dreamtime stories associated with Kunajarrayi.
GWENDA TURNER NUNGURRAYI
This stunning artwork by Gwenda is currently hanging behind the counter at our gallery and has been getting plenty of attention from our visitors.
Gwenda has begun experimenting with different styles and trying to tell her stories in new and exciting ways. This piece depicts the Budgerigar Dreaming from her home country around Yuelumu, to the North west of Alice Springs. The sand hills, bird nests, spinifex grass, wild flowers and the Budgerigar footprints are all depicted in this work. The gradating lines of yellow, orange and red is fast becoming one of her favourite techniques for painting the sand hills. She has used this in various palettes of colour which can be seen on her artist page at our website. Click the red button above the image.
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