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Walala, Thomas (Tamayinya) and Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri Warlimpirringa encouraged his brothers to paint and by the late 1990’s all three, along with Dr George Tjapaltjarri, were painting in Alice Springs. I first began working with Walala and Thomas in 2001 and Warlimpirrnga in 2003. Walala spent more time in Alice Springs than Thomas or Warlimpirrnga, who were often in Kiwirrkura (just over the WA border). They liked painting together and appeared to all be...

"It can look like mesmerising swirling leaves being blown by a restless wind" In 2005 Gloria said she would like to paint a very large painting, that is 305cm x 183cm! Watching the beautiful work being created was a privilege I could not have imagined in my previous life. Gloria asks for three colours to be mixed for her at a certain consistency. This time the colours are to be...

Today I saw Daisy’s clouds. That is what happens to someone who admiresDaisy Napaltjarri Jugadai’s art, and how she depicts clouds. We see her clouds everywhere and smile. Daisy painted country around her Haasts Bluff home and whilst each painting has a familiarity they are all distinctly unique in their depiction of different areas of her country. Daisy layering her country of Haasts Bluff Range, Atji Creek and Memory Hill (TDNJ 405)...

just another day at the painting place Around 2003, Walala Tjapaltjarri, Pansy Napangati and Molly Napaltjarri Jugadai were painting in the Tingari Arts large painting place on the western side of Alice Springs. Pansy Napangati painting up close at Tingari Arts Alice Springs   Pansy and Molly were telling me how they would catch, cook and eat perenties, Australia’s largest lizard, and what great bushtucker it is. I wasn’t convinced....