Willy Tjungurrayi
Willy Tjungurrayi © Mike Mitchell, Muk Muk Aboriginal Art, Alice Springs, NT
Picture of Willy Tjungurrayi
Willy's paintings depict designs associated with the site of Kaakuratinja (Lake McDonald) in Central Australia. In mythological times, a large group of Tingari men, both young and old, travelled to this site from Kulkuta further to the west. A fierce hailstorm occured that killed them all.


USD $14000
Willy's paintings depict designs associated with the site of Kaakuratinja (Lake McDonald) in Central Australia. In mythological times, a large group of Tingari men, both young and old, travelled to this site from Kulkuta further to the west. A fierce hailstorm occured that killed them all.


USD $6000
Willy Tjungurrayi was born at Patjantja, south west of Lake Mackay around 1930. He is the younger brother of Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungarrayi, as well as the older brother of George Tjungurrayi. Willy grew up in the bush and was brought with his family to Haasts Bluff in the late 1950s. He moved to Papunya where he started painting for Papunya Tula Artists in 1976. In the 1980s he emerged as one of the senior Pintupi painters. He paints stories linked to the Tingari Song Cycles relating to these places. The artist's senior position in his community entitles him to paint the most significant and secret parts of the Tingari stories, many of which cannot be revealed to the uninitiated. He tends to paint with a restrained palette (browns, oranges, dusky pinks and creams) typical of many of the Papunya artists. His recent work is comprised of irregular lines of very fine, pale dotting on a coloured background, resulting in subtle, elegant, linear images.

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Kaakuratintja - Lake McDonald #1
Kaakuratintja - Lake McDonald #2

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