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25.01.2022 Gabriella Possums interpretation of Clifford Worm Dreaming Style and Colours follows Cliffords traditional Blues and Pinks unlike Grandmothers Country below find out more https://ultimateart.com.au//worm-dreaming-blue-gabriella-/

25.01.2022 While Tolson painted continuously throughout the 1970s and into the late 1990s exploring many themes throughout his career as an artist, none of these works have achieved the success of his most emblematic image, that of the Spear Straightening associated with the site Illingaungau. Like the painting below https://ultimateart.com.au//spear-straighting-turkey-tols/

25.01.2022 George Tjungurrayi is a senior Pintupi artist whose paintings draw on the country into which he was born and where he lives and works. The vast spaces of the Western Desert are captured in this painting. Tjungurrayi focuses on a claypan site north of Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay) as the main subject. It is a place associated with traditional healers ngangkaris and the painting alludes to their epic journeys across the land.

24.01.2022 The theme of Dolsis paintings is Sacred Rock Holes executed in a very contemporary abstract style. Dolsi paints mostly in all black and white or duel tones in the dotting style, similar to her mother

23.01.2022 This week we feature the Kelly family below painting on special until next Sunday https://ultimateart.com.au//country-around-mt-liebig-norm/ Norma s style is very traditional using bold iconography to depict her country which is highlighted in white dotting and then surrounded with intense bursts of brighter colour. This is in stark contrast to her mother and siblings who have embraced a much more contemporary style of fine dotting using monochromatic tones to depict their stories and country.

23.01.2022 The Dreamings that Michelle Possum paints come from Yuelamu on her home country at Mt Allan. These include the stories of Seven Sisters Dreaming, Bush Tucker stories including Seed Dreaming, Bush Coconut, Fire Dreaming, Goanna Dreaming, and Grandmothers Country, many of which she combines together in complex interwoven designs. Mainly depicting the overview of maps of traditional Country from her family lands, Michelle describes the many important cultural sites she knows well

22.01.2022 Pintupi Nine was group of Indigenous people last to be westernised in 1984. They had continued their Nomadic existence still after the establishment of Papunya Tula in 1971. By 1984, this wandering band numbered nine. Walala, 12 was one of group. Walala was one of the first in the group to paint and participated in the Sydney Olympic Kiwirrikura Mens Painting 1999 Size 257cm * 212cm. He paints a modern contemporary Tingari as per below and top of the Collaborative featured last week

20.01.2022 George Tjangala Maxwell Born in Pintupi country, and based for times at Haasts Bluff, Papunya, Browns Bore and on his own outstation at Ngutjulnga, Tjangala joined Papunya Tula Artists around 1976. 1st Generation Artist

19.01.2022 Pantjiya is the widow of George Tjangala a well known artist and early member of the Papunya Tula Artists. Pantjiya Nungurrayi only began painting in the mid nineties painting a very distinctive style using the three traditional colours of black, white and yellow ochre

17.01.2022 Gabriella Possums interpretation of Clifford Worm Dreaming Style and Colours follows Clifford's traditional Blue's and Pink's unlike Grandmothers Country below find out more https://ultimateart.com.au//worm-dreaming-blue-gabriella-/

17.01.2022 Thomas and Walala joined the Papunya Tula artists, and they and Warlimpirrnga eventually gained fame internationally as the Tjapaltjarri Brothers. His paintings depict about places and events in the Tingari cycle (a cycle of myths about the ancestors of the Pintupi). His designs are inspired by those painted on the body during ceremonies. He uses acrylic paints on canvas, sticking to earthy colours . like the below painting and also the centre of the collaborative done by the Tjapaltjarri Brothers.

16.01.2022 Eileen Napaltjarri first began painting in 1999, aged 40, for Papunya Tula, of which her father had been one of the founders in the early 1970s. Napaltjarri won the "emerging artist" category of the Redlands Westpac Art Prize in 2005.she was named successor to Papunya Tulas most significant founding women: Makinti Napanangka, Wintjiya Napaltjarri and Tjunkiya Napaltjarri. find out more https://ultimateart.com.au//sandhill-country-eileen-napal/

15.01.2022 It was her mother, Lily Kelly, who has taught Dolsi the "Sandhill Dreaming" and the artistic skill to paint the Dreaming. Dolsi s artwork is heavily influenced by her mother however she has with her mothers support also developed her Dreaming into her own unique style. Dolsi s artworks typically depict a topographical view of her country which surrounds Kintore in the Western Desert. Find out more Https://ultimateart.com.au//rock-holes-dolsi-kelly-napang/

15.01.2022 Susan Gibson Napaltjarri was taught to paint by her parents, both successful, internationally recognised indigenous artists. Her father is Yala Yala Gibbs and mother is Ningura Napurula. Susan paintings represent her birth country; the region of Tjukurla in the Gibson Desert. Susans style and subject matter reflect a strong influence from her parents; however she has developed an individual approach which is apparent in much of her recent work.

15.01.2022 Ningura Gibson was the wife of Yala Yala Gibbs. Ningura Napurrula was one of the eight great Australian artists whose work is featured in the collection of the Europes most important public museum Muse du quai Branly in Paris.Find out more about Yala Yala Gibb influence https://ultimateart.com.au/product-tag/ultyy/

15.01.2022 Ruby Nangala Daniels is a celebrated artist and her mother is the even more celebrated Linda Syddick Napaltjarri. Having been excellently tutored by her mother Ruby is now applying her undoubted talent to produce some wonderful works her work includes a distinctive fusion of Christian and Aboriginal traditional themes and motifs like her mother.

15.01.2022 George Tjangala was born in Pintupi country, and based for times at Haasts Bluff, Papunya, Browns Bore and on his own outstation at Ngutjulnga, Tjangala joined Papunya Tula Artists around 1976. His work toured to the USA with the "Dreamings" exhibition and is held in major collections. . George also worked as a stockman at Haasts Bluff before coming to stay at Papunya in the 70s. In about 1976 that George started painting, receiving instruction from Turkey Tolson

15.01.2022 MOUNTAIN DEVIL LIZARD By Gloria Petyarre The painting depicts the curling pattern of the Mountain Devil Lizards skin. In the Dreamtime Stories it is believed the lizard collected then deposited these ochre colours throughout the Utopian area. Aboriginal people use these colours for body painting in their ceremonies. Some members of the Petyarre family bear markings on their skin, similar to that found on the Mountain Devil Lizard.

13.01.2022 Brenda Maxwell Napaltjarri is the grand daughter of two highly acclaimed & founding Papunya Tula artists, George Tjangala and Pantjiya Nungurrayi. George Tjangala was a keeper or custodian of the lands surrounding what is today known as Kintore. George and Pantjiya walked into Papunya in 1961.

13.01.2022 The Wynne Prize is bestowed upon the best landscape painting of Australian scenery or best figure sculpture. This year 15 out of 42 - are Indigenous artists. In fact there is an entire room dedicated to Aboriginal landscape paintings.Ultimate Art has a number of these artist within the Gallery the below painting is by Yukultji Napangati lives at Kiwirrkurra in the midst of the vast space of the Gibson Desert, Western Australia. Her painting looks at the land towards Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay) and refers to the lines of sandhills that stretch to the horizon

12.01.2022 Paddy Carroll Tjungurrayi was a senior lawman and widely respected figure in the Papunya community, in the mid-1970s he observed some of the elder men painting their dreamings on canvas and began to paint himself. In 1988 he painted the concentric circles for the Bicentennial $10.00 polymer bank note and in 1991 he travelled to the United States with Dinny Nolan Jampitjinpa on a working exhibition.

12.01.2022 Dolsi daughter Georgina painting the theme is Sacred Rock Holes executed in a very contemporary abstract style. The paints mostly in all browns, blacks and white or duel tones in the dotting style, similar to her mother. Find out more at Ultimate Art https://ultimateart.com.au//country-around-mt-liebig-geor/

12.01.2022 Wentja 2 paints sand hills, rock halls, which are landmarks associated with water, desert oaks, Blue Tongue Lizard and Water Dreaming stories which has been hand down to her by her father. Unlike her father geometric work, Wentja 2 work has soft female iconography influence

11.01.2022 The Pintupi Nine were a group of nine Pintupi people who lived a traditional hunter-gatherer desert-dwelling life in Australias Gibson Desert until 1984, when they made contact with their relatives near Kiwirrkurra. Collaboration is an important different between Ultimate Art Gallery and other Major Galleries within Sydney. The theme is reflected in the collaborative piece which was done by the first three of the four brothers (Warlimpirrnga, Walala, Tamlik and Yari Yari) of the Last Nomads tribe

11.01.2022 Neil grew up in Papunya community. Neils father, George Maxwell Tjangala was one of the early Papunya painters. His country is near Tjukurla, where Neil now lives. Neils mother, Pantjiya Nungurrayi is a senior painter for the Pupanya Tula Artists. Her country is Kungayunti which is near Haasts Bluff. Neil has been painting at Tjarlirli Art in Tjukurla since 2005 and has also painted at Papunya.

11.01.2022 Warlimpirrnga paints abstract images of sacred stories and songs from his familys Dreaming. The stories focus around the Tingari, the ancestors of the Pintupi, spirit beings who are believed to have created all living things. Ultimate Art Gallery has a number of fine paintings by Warlimpirrnga.

10.01.2022 Linda Syddick Napaltjarri recounts how the witchdoctor drew on bush magic to quell the fierce windmill that he saw in the early morning. Her work includes a distinctive fusion of Christian and Aboriginal traditional themes and motifs. She has been a finalist in the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards on at least four occasions, and in the Blake Prize (a religious art competition) at least three times. Find out more https://ultimateart.com.au//witch-doctor-and-windwill-lin/

09.01.2022 Topsys Mother Easia Naparulla taught her of their stories, in particular spring flowers dreaming. It was only after the death of her mother in 1983 that her older sister Lily Kelly Napangardi shared with Topsy more family stories that had been passed down to her, including Sand Hills. Topsy continues to share these family Dreamings with her children to keep their culture alive.

09.01.2022 Yala Yala Gibbs one of the inventors of the Tingari painting style : grids of meticulously dotted concentric circles and connecting lines of travel he was an authority amongst the senior Pintupi men on ceremonial matters in this region. His influence can be seen in the works of his wives Ningura and Yinarupa and his brothers Willy and George Wards and this ten Children

07.01.2022 Very early work Fire Dreaming ceremony by Maxie Tjampitjinpa. Ronnie Tjampitjinpa and Maxie Tjampitjinpa are painters of the Fire Dreaming this is a is one of the six seasonal cycles of the Traditional Aboriginal Calender. The responsibility for conducting the ceremony is held by the Tjampitjinpa, as the guardians. 2nd Generation Papunya Artist https://ultimateart.com.au//bush-fire-dreaming-maxie-tjam/

05.01.2022 Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi Seven Sisters Dreaming. This dream depicts the story of the seven ancestral Napaljarri sisters. An ancestral Jakamarra man was in love with the seven Napaljarri sisters and chased them. In a final attempt to escape from the Jakamarra, the sisters

04.01.2022 Nellie Marks Nakamarra has been surrounded by some of the great names in Aboriginal art. Her stepfather Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula, and other significant Aboriginal artists from that era including Old Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri and Uta Uta Tjangala. Her images of both the country and the Tingari ceremonial components attached to that country are impressive, and her paintings are developing a spaciousness that distinguishes her work amongst the traditional paintings from her country.

03.01.2022 Glenys is daughter to the highly acclaimed Australian artist Ningura Naparulla; she developed her artistic style through watching and learning her ancestral stories from her mothers, aunties, and grandmothers. Characteristic of her work is a strong dynamism and rich linear design-compositions created with heavy layers of Acrylic paint. Find out more https://ultimateart.com.au//womens-business-glenys-gibson/

03.01.2022 Linda Syddick Napaltjarri was born in the area of Wilkinkarra (Lake MacKay) Lindas stepfather artist Lankata Shorty Tjungurrayi, brought her up. Before Lungkata died in 1985, he instructed Linda to carry on his work and paint his Dreaming. Linda often paints the Dreaming story of the Tingari and the Emu Men. The Emu Men were ancestral beings that roamed the landscape during the Dreamtime or Creation Period. The below is Tingari https://ultimateart.com.au//tingari-dreaming-linda-syddic/

03.01.2022 Albert Namatjira called himself Wentens uncle, and taught him to paint in response to the boys interest. Wentens was one of the few artist who migrated from watercolours to the traditional colours when the senior Papunya artist migrated from boards to canvas. This works on canvas are rare and therefore valued more than his watercolours. find out more : https://ultimateart.com.au//initiation-wenten-rubuntja-tj/

02.01.2022 Gabriella is a gifted and highly celebrated contemporary female Aboriginal artist. She is the eldest daughter of the late Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, one of the original painters of the Papunya art movement. Gabriella painted alongside her father from an early age, although she is an individual artist in her own right, her paintings, praised as culturally significant reflect her fathers distinctive style. Gabriella was commissioned to complete a twenty metre art installation depicting her custodial Grandmothers Country for the 2008 RHS Chelsea Flower Show which was awarded the Gold Metal this is a larger scale to the below painting.