• Artist: Elsie Murika Edimintja
• Title: Kungka Kutjara
• Size: 40.6 x 76.2

It tells the story of two sisters travelling through the desert. As they travelled,
their actions created landmarks such as rock holes and mountain ranges,
forging a record of their travels across the land. Elsie's work references a part of
this songline which passes close by to Kaltukatjara (Docker River), where the
bodies of the sisters formed the distinctive red mountains rising above the gap
created by the karu (river).

Her detailed works contain abstracted forms of landmarks such as mountains,
waterholes, creeks and rocks, as well as incorporating Western desert
iconography.

Elsie paints important tjukurpa (dreaming stories) from around the Docker River
area, with a particular focus on the Kungka Kutjara (Two Sisters) songline.

Elsie Edimintja is an established artist who was born at Areyonga (Utju), but now lives
in Kaltukatjara (Docker River). Elsie paints important Tjukurpa (Dreaming stories) from
around the Docker River area, with a particular focus on the Kungka Kutjara (Two
Sisters) songline which passes through the mountains close to Kaltukatjara.

Her family's country is Tjunti, where the explorer Lasseter was abandoned by his
camels and lived for several months being fed and cared for by local Anangu. Elsie also
paints dreaming stories relating to the Tjunti area. Elsie is one of five children who all
paint with Kaltukatjara Art.

Elsie's canvases are characterised by harmonious colour work and intricate layers of
detail; it can take her several weeks to complete large canvases as she works carefully
to create areas of varied texture and tone.

In 2021, Elsie participated in the Artists in Residency program at the Gallery of Central
Australia, an experience which she found enjoyable and helpful in developing her
practice.

• Artist: Elsie Murika Edimintja
• Title: Kungka Kutjara
• Size: 40.6 x 55.9

It tells the story of two sisters travelling through the desert. As they travelled,
their actions created landmarks such as rock holes and mountain ranges,
forging a record of their travels across the land. Elsie's work references a part of
this songline which passes close by to Kaltukatjara (Docker River), where the
bodies of the sisters formed the distinctive red mountains rising above the gap
created by the karu (river).

Her detailed works contain abstracted forms of landmarks such as mountains,
waterholes, creeks and rocks, as well as incorporating Western desert
iconography.

Elsie paints important tjukurpa (dreaming stories) from around the Docker River
area, with a particular focus on the Kungka Kutjara (Two Sisters) songline.

Elsie Edimintja is an established artist who was born at Areyonga (Utju), but now lives
in Kaltukatjara (Docker River). Elsie paints important Tjukurpa (Dreaming stories) from
around the Docker River area, with a particular focus on the Kungka Kutjara (Two
Sisters) songline which passes through the mountains close to Kaltukatjara.

Her family's country is Tjunti, where the explorer Lasseter was abandoned by his
camels and lived for several months being fed and cared for by local Anangu. Elsie also
paints dreaming stories relating to the Tjunti area. Elsie is one of five children who all
paint with Kaltukatjara Art.

Elsie's canvases are characterised by harmonious colour work and intricate layers of
detail; it can take her several weeks to complete large canvases as she works carefully
to create areas of varied texture and tone.

In 2021, Elsie participated in the Artists in Residency program at the Gallery of Central
Australia, an experience which she found enjoyable and helpful in developing her
practice.

• Artist: Martha Protty
• Title: Kungka Kutjara
• Size: 40.6 x 55.9cm

As a senior law woman of the Kaltukatjara area, Martha's work draws significant
inspiration from local landscape and Tjukurpa (dreaming) stories. Martha's
whole family have lived and traveled in the Kaltukatjara area for generations,
and her paintings are a tribute to her significant cultural and historical
contribution to her community.

In this work, Martha interprets the Kungka Kutjara Tjukurpa, meaning Two
Women. Kungka Kutjara is a creation story following two sisters who travel
through the desert leaving significant landmarks in their wake. Martha's
painting focuses on a significant cultural site just outside Kaltukatjara where the
two sisters stopped to rest under two big shade trees. It also shows features of
the striking desert landscape such as kapi (rock holes), purnu (trees) and puli
(rocks).

Martha is a lively and animated artist whose works draw a connection between
the physical and spiritual realms of her life. She sings Inma (ceremony) songs
continuously as she paints, her steady voice offering a rhythm for the brush.

Martha Protty is a senior law woman and multidisciplinary artist working across
painting and tjanpi weaving.

Martha was born south of Docker River at a Rockhole, the name of which Martha
cannot speak for cultural reasons. Her whole family are from Docker River country.
Matha's father's country is Warakurna and her mother's country is near Wingellina.

She has one son and one daughter and her husband has passed away. Her husband
was from the other side of the Peterman Ranges.

Martha has been painting, weaving tjanpi (desert grasses) and carving purnu (wooden
sticks) for many years. She is a senior law woman and holds important tjukurrpa songs
for her country.

Martha is a lively character and even at nearly 90 years old, she remains a strong
singer and cultural knowledge-keeper. Her works refer to the Kungka Kutjara tjukurpa,
the Two Sisters songline which runs through Kaltukatjara.

• Artist: Bob Gibson
• Title: Patjanta
• Size: 30.5 x 40.6cm

Bob is an internationally recognised Tjukurla artist known for bold, energetic
paintings connected to Country.

Meet Bob

Bob Gibson is one of Tjarlirli's most recognisable artists - bold, funny, full of energy,
and completely himself. His paintings have the same feeling: big colour, quick
movement, strong Country and a bit of Bob's unmistakable spark.
Bob was born at Papunya in 1974 and later moved with his family to Tjukurla, where he
began painting with Tjarlirli Art in 2007. His mother, Mary Gibson, is also a leading
Tjarlirli artist, with Country at Kulkurta. Bob's father's Country is near Patjarr, on the
edge of the Gibson Desert.

Country, family and story

Bob paints his father's Country at Patjantja, a remote place in the Pintupi lands near the
Gibson Desert. He received permission to paint this Country, and that permission sits
behind the strength of the work. These are not just bright paintings - they are paintings
grounded in family, Country and Tjukurrpa.

At the same time, Bob's paintings feel very much alive in the present. They do not sit
quietly. They move, wobble, twist and jump. They carry old stories through a visual
language that is direct, fresh and full of energy.

The way Bob paints

Bob paints quickly, with strong instinct and a lot of trust in the moment. He uses swift
brushstrokes and makes split-second decisions about colour, shape and composition.
One mark leads to another. A line turns into a pathway. A colour pushes against
another colour. The whole painting starts to move.

• Artist: Doreen Bennett
• Title: Minyma Tjukurrpa
• Size: 40.6 x 76.2cm

Doreen Bennett is an artist and arts worker from Kaltukatjara (Docker River). Doreen paints important Tjukurpa (Dreaming) from around the Docker River area, often depicting minyma (women's) knowledge of the land and the bush tucker which it provides. Doreen was accepted into the Curatorial Workshop with Desart in September this year and achieved outstanding outcomes. She particularly enjoys preparing canvases and assisting artists in selecting their materials and colours.