Dalery Pula Bredd is an Alyawarr and Kaytetye woman from the small community of Wutunugurra (Epenarra), located in the Hill Country on the Northeastern edge of Iytwelepenty (the Davenport Ranges), east of Tennant Creek.
Dalery’s artwork is inspired by native flora and fauna of her family’s country around Wutunugurra and near Barrow Creek. She uses very fine dot work to blur the line between traditional abstract dot painting and figurative landscape. Her paintings are notable for their closely rendered depictions of the medicinal plants native to the hills, waterholes, and rivers, showcasing the brightly coloured landscape of her country.

Kaye Beasley is an Alyawarr artist from Wutunugurra (Epenarra). She began painting when the Wutunugurra Art Centre was first established in 2010 in a silver bullet caravan. Kaye paints the landscapes and bush medicine subject matter typical of the Epenarra artists collective she works among, adding her own striking flair. Kaye’s interpretation of the common bush flower that emerges after rain is a strong modernistic depiction, while the arcs of the flower stems evoke the hilly country surrounding Wutunugurra. Kaye is an active member of the Barkly Arts and the wider community, working as an arts worker, an assistant teacher and supporting literacy programs, as well as retaining time to paint.

Sonia Jugadai was born in the bush in Papunya. Sonia is the daughter of acclaimed artist Narputta Nangala Jugadai, who was one of the founding members of Ikuntji Artists. Sonia comes from a family of prominent painters, with father, uncles, aunties and cousins who all painted for the Ikuntji Artists and Papunya Tula for many years.

Sonia’s mother, Narputta, was born at Karrkurutinytja (Lake MacDonald in Pintpui), west of Kintore along the Western Australia and Northern Territory border. With her family, Narputta travelled 400km on foot to Haasts Bluff when the ration stations were first set up. Pastoral stations employed people to work at their cattle or sheep stations and paid in rations that could be exchanged for food or clothing. Sonia remembers helping her mother paint and listening to those stories from Karrkurutinytja (Lake MacDonald). Her mother used to sing Tjukurrpa (Dreaming stories).
Sonia started painting in 2018 for Ikuntji Artists in honour of her mother. She says, ‘I like to do it for my mother’s story’. She started using dots, then moved on to bold brush strokes and colours. She depicts tali (sand hills) using vibrant colours and bold brush strokes, reminiscent of her mother’s bold style. Sonia paints the country and Tjukurrpa (Dreaming) of her mother.

Francis Marshall is a Luritja artist, the son of Stanley Marshall Tjapangardi and Jeannie Wareenie Ross Nampitjinpa. His father is a Warlpiri man who worked as a stockman around Mt Liebig and Papunya. Francis says his father was born somewhere around Mt Hellen and is from Warumungu country, Tennant Creek. Francis grew up traveling with his father, watching him working hard, and learning stories. Both of his parents painted in Kintore, as part of Papunya Tula Artists.

Larissa Brumby was born in Mparntwe (Alice Springs). Her family is from Kaltukatjara (Docker River) and her Tjukurrpa (Dreamtime story) is Kungka Kotara (Two Women). It is the story from her grandmother Angela Ginger from Amputjurru, which is near Docker River.

It is the story of two women travelling to Walungurru (Kintore) from Kalkukatjarra (Docker River). They were sisters – one older and one younger who were hunting on their travels for bush fruit, vegetables and small game, including goanna. During their journey they also used to sing their Tjukurrpa. They stopped at Walungurru and saw ceremonial men. Out of shame they turned into rock on the other side of the big hill next to Walungurru. We can still see them today – a reminder to not to look at ceremonial men. Larissa learnt to paint this story by watching her grandmother paint since she was 14 years old. Her grandmother paints for Tjarlili Arts in Docker River. Larissa used to paint there until she married Malcolm Multa and moved to Haasts Bluff in 2019. Larissa now paints for Ikuntji Artists.