Stories

Pansy was associated with Tingari Arts for many years and was always keen to paint, chat and laugh. She was fun, a pleasure to be with and it was an honour for Linx Macpherson, Director, Tingari Arts, to listen to Pansy relating her Dreaming Stories whilst she painted, especially the Willy Wagtail and Hail Stories. Pansy Napangati was one of the first women to paint in her own right in...

"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)...

When Gloria Petyarre came to paint with Tingari Arts she would usually arrive quietly and settle herself on the floor, sitting cross-legged with her canvas and paints. But before anything began there was always one small request.    “Make me a cup of tea.”    It became our ritual. Gloria would paint, and I would make the tea. Often family members would come and go during the day, sitting nearby...