Ronnie Tjampitjinpa (1943) was born at Tjiturrunya in

the region near Munyinnga about 100km west of the

Kintore Ranges in Western Australia.

The primary imagery in Ronnie Tjampitjinpa’s work are

based on the Tingari Cycle which is a secret song cycle

sacred to initiated Pintupi men. The Tingari are

Ancestral Beings who, in the Creation Era, travelled

across the landscape performing ceremonies to create

and shape the country.

Ronnie Tjampijinpa’s art is a fine representation of the

characteristic Pintupi style: a repetition of forms, which

are geometric, simple and bold, and pigments which

are often restricted to the four basic colours of black,

red, yellow and white, although Ronnie also

experiments with other colours.