Artist: Kelly, Lilly Napangardi | Title: Tali (Sand Hills) | Year: 2005 | Medium: acrylic on Belgian linen | Dimensions: 147 x 126 cm
PROVENANCE
Grasstree Gallery Cat No. LK047GTG
Accompanied by a photograph of the artist holding the completed work.
ARTWORK STORY
Lilly paints sandhills, wind and after rain in her country near Mt. Liebig, rather than narratives associated with particular dreaming sites. The patterns formed on the land by these elements are depicted in her paintings through the use of strands of diminishing dots, delicately rendered into spontaneous and random patterns.
These patterns produce a serene ambience and her large scale works capture both the epic and spectacular nature of her country. Lilly Kelly was born at Haasts Bluff NT in the late 1940’s.
ARTIST PROFILE
COMMUNITY/REGION
Mt Liebig, NT
LANGUAGE
Luritja/ Warlpiri
SUBJECTS
Women’s Dreaming associated with Kunajarrayi, Sandhills
SITES
Country between Mt Liebig, Haasts Bluff, Kintore and Coniston and in particular at Ilpili.
BIOGRAPHY
Born at Dashwood Creek in 1948, Lilly Kelly Napangardi arrived at Haasts Bluff as a baby in the arms of her mother Narputta and her father Sandy Opal Tjapanangka. The family moved to the newly established settlement of Papunya in 1958 when Lilly was still a young girl and her father became one of the original Papunya Tula shareholders. In the late 1970’s Lilly married Norman Kelly Tjampitjinpa and began assisting him with his paintings while living at Papunya, before the family moved 75 km west to Mt Liebig at the foot of the McDonnell ranges… Continue Reading
PROVENANCE
Grasstree Gallery Cat No. LK047GTG
Accompanied by a photograph of the artist holding the completed work.
ARTWORK STORY
Lilly paints sandhills, wind and after rain in her country near Mt. Liebig, rather than narratives associated with particular dreaming sites. The patterns formed on the land by these elements are depicted in her paintings through the use of strands of diminishing dots, delicately rendered into spontaneous and random patterns.
These patterns produce a serene ambience and her large scale works capture both the epic and spectacular nature of her country. Lilly Kelly was born at Haasts Bluff NT in the late 1940’s.
ARTIST PROFILE
COMMUNITY/REGION
Mt Liebig, NT
LANGUAGE
Luritja/ Warlpiri
SUBJECTS
Women’s Dreaming associated with Kunajarrayi, Sandhills
SITES
Country between Mt Liebig, Haasts Bluff, Kintore and Coniston and in particular at Ilpili.
BIOGRAPHY
Born at Dashwood Creek in 1948, Lilly Kelly Napangardi arrived at Haasts Bluff as a baby in the arms of her mother Narputta and her father Sandy Opal Tjapanangka. The family moved to the newly established settlement of Papunya in 1958 when Lilly was still a young girl and her father became one of the original Papunya Tula shareholders. In the late 1970’s Lilly married Norman Kelly Tjampitjinpa and began assisting him with his paintings while living at Papunya, before the family moved 75 km west to Mt Liebig at the foot of the McDonnell ranges… Continue Reading