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25-2025 Tjanpi (Spinifex)

Sunita Farmer – 76cmx 76cm – Acrylic on Belgian Linen Spiky mounds of spinifex cover sand dunes and plains throughout Uluru-Kata Tjuta. There are four different species in the park. Soft spinifex (Triodia pungens) and hard spinifex (Triodia basedowei) are the most common, but porcupine grass (Triodia irritans) and feathertop spinifex (Triodia schinzii) can be found […]

Written by on December 5, 2025

25-1632 Kapi (Waterhole Story)

Trudy Brumby – 122cm x 61cm – Acrylic on Belgian Linen There are many types of waterholes that Anangu can use, and they depend on their intimate knowledge of the environment to know where and when they will find water. Sometimes a soakage will have dried up, and the women must use their digging sticks to find the water under the surface. They […]

Written by on November 25, 2025

25-2203 Puli Mankurpa (Three Rocks)

Cecelia Yakiti – 102cm x 56cm – Acrylic on Canvas Cecelia has painted the three prominent land formations of the central desert region; Uluru (Ayers Rock), Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) and Atila (Mt Conner). They are puli mankurpa (three rocks), and hold great significance to Anangu. The rock formations are represented by symbolic concentric circles, and the surrounding curved […]

Written by on November 22, 2025

25-1931 Kungkarangkalpa (Seven Sisters)

Rene Kulitja – 92cm x 66cm – Acrylic on Canvas The Seven Sisters Creation Story is of great significance to the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara people. The sisters traveled a long time ago through the artist's traditional country in South Australia's North West and the southwest corner of the Northern Territory. A man called Wati Nyiru was chasing the sisters, trying to court one of them. He used all […]

Written by on November 22, 2025

25-1960 Tjakura tjukurpa (Great Desert Skink)

Josephine Mick – 137cm x 56cm – Acrylic on Canvas "This is my story, Josephine Mick, I know this story from my father. The Tjakura children listen to their mother and father as they travel and camp together. Father is looking around, he's looking for a good place to camp. Digging a cave shape, he […]

Written by on November 22, 2025

25-1928 Irmangka Irmangka (Bush Medicine)

Olivia Moneymoon – 198cm x 198cm – Acrylic on Belgian Linen In this painting, the artist has depicted imagery of Irmangka Irmangka, a plant that has been used in traditional medicine in Anangu culture for thousands of years and continues to be used today. Irmangka Irmangka was traditionally used to help relieve muscle soreness and the symptoms of colds and flus. It is the […]

Written by on November 22, 2025

25-923 Broken Law, my father’s story

Freda Teamay- 198cm x 137.5cm- Acrylic on Belgian Linen "This is my father’s story, ‘Broken law’, Malya Teamay’s. He got it from his brother, who has passed away now. It’s a sad story. First came the first white man, he sat down with all the Anangu. The Anangu were all painted up traditional way, for […]

Written by on September 13, 2025