Lily Kelly Napangarti
Then get down to the United Galleries for the opening this Friday of a collection of Australian Indiginous Artists, this one from Lily I love, would love to have this hanging up in my room.
Lilly’s paintings depict “Tali”, sandhills located near her homelands.
The microscopic dots show the impact of the rain and the wind on the land as
both move across the countryside. This story was passed to her by her father
and the sandhills (Tali) are a site of significance for the artist and her
family
Nancy Kunoth Petyarre
Nancy paints the “Mountain Devil Lizard” dreaming story.
She uses fine dot work to represnt the pattern of the Lizard’s skin.
The coloured arc shapes represent the markings that are on the back of the lizard which change colour
throughout the day as they sun moves across the sky
The pale lines that cross often cross her paintings depict the ancestral trail of the mountain devil lizard.
The Anmatyerre people believe that during the Dreamtime, this small lizard used to collect and carry the
ochre colours in a pouch located at the back of its neck. As it walked the land it used to deposit these ochre
colours in various areas throughout the country. The people would then use these colours in their body
painting ceremonies.
