James is a Yolngu artist, his country is in the Northern Territory of Australia. 
His paintbrush is made of strands of hair tied to a small twig. The thickness of the lines and the way they are applied are very important - besides Skin, they tell the Clan and Country of the artist. Only the […]

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Jake Tjapaltjarri James is the son of outstanding artist, George Hairbrush Tjungurrayi. Like his father, Jake’s paintings primarily depict sacred sites associated with the Tingari Cycle. They are situated along the early journey paths of the Tingari Ancestors. The Tingari Ancestors shaped and impacted on the landscape of Jake’s homelands.
 
Walala Tjapaltjarri was born in the […]

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Gloria was born around 1945 in her country of Atnangkere. She lived in the traditional ways before moving to Utopia. Gloria paints the traditional womens business subjects, which are predominant in Utopia.
 
As an Aboriginal Artist, Gloria’s main Dreamings that she paints are the Mountain Devil Lizard, Bean, Emu, Pencil Yam, Grass Seed and Small […]

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George Tjungurrayi was born in the remote desert area west of Kiwirrkura, in the Gibson Desert in 1947 and moved to Papunya in the 1960s.
 
George, and his older brother Willy Tjungurrayi, both began their Aboriginal Artists career in 1976, in West Camp, Papunya for Papunya Tula Artists and continued painting while residing at Yai […]

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Barbara Weir was born c.1945 on Bundy River Station in the area of Utopia. Barbara Weir’s mother is the late famous Aboriginal Artist Minnie Pwerle.
 
Barbara’s father was an Irishman. She was taken from her family and fostered out, but in the 1960’s Barbara returned to Utopia and stayed with her aunt Emily Kame Kngwarreye. […]

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