Walangkura Napanangka (1946 – 2014), was born in

Tjitururrnga west of Kintore, in the remote and arid

country between the Northern Territory and Western

Australia.

Walangkura’s early works, created from 1996 onward, are

characterised by masses of small markings and motifs

covering large areas of canvas. Her favorite colour, a deep

sandy orange predominates, accentuated against more

somber blacks and reds and dusky greens or yellows.

More recent works show a gestural quality though still

tightly packed with an intensity of geometric line work

representing sandhills. They are rich with a sense of

rhythm and unimpeded movement: they show sandhills,

rock-holes, journeys and gatherings of ancestral women,

the flow of colours in subtle shifts of light.