Watiya Size:160 x 200 cm a remote Aboriginal community 290

a remote Aboriginal community 290 km from Alice Springs in the NT of Australia

As it progressed

She paints with her mother and learnt to paint watching her mother and other people in the community painting

which often draws inspiration from her upbringing and connection to the Pitjantjatjara language and traditions

Utopia is a cattle station situated in the Sandover area of Central Australia

Watiya Size:160 x 200 cm a remote Aboriginal community 290Mitjili was born around 1945 at Haasts Bluff in Central Australia and passed away in 2019. In 1959, she and her family relocated from Haasts Bluff to the new settlement of Papunya. It was at Papunya where she observed men, including her brother Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula (deceased), engaging in painting. Initially, Mitjilis paintings were influenced by the artists from Papunya. Upon returning to Haasts Bluff, she began painting in 1992 for the Ikuntji