OUR ARTISTS

Esther is an Anmatyerre woman, mother of three, nanna of two, wife, sister, artist, friend-to-many and the grand daughter of one of Australia's most beloved artists; the late Gloria Petyarre. She paints a great Australian landscape; Leaves - just like her nanna did.

Dora's art is inspired by her mother, Minnie Pwerle's, country. Symbols represent awelye (women's body paint), anemangkerr (bush melons) and an old waterhole symbol that is found etched into the rocks at Anthep; a sacred women's site on her mother's country, Atnwengerrp.

Colleen paints Dreamtime Sisters; ancestral spirits who roam the country performing sacred song and dance. They look after Arnumarra country and guide its people. 

Dulcie is one of a number of people who paint the classic Utopian style of leaves and flowers sweeping across the desert floor. But with her connection to the original creator of this style (Gloria Petyarre), her flow of form and her beautiful spirit, she is right at home to be our featured artist painting this style.

Josie is a vibrant, dynamic, innovative Australian artist, responsible for some of the finest dot paintings to come from Utopia, as well as colourful paintings and carvings and illustrations of the things she loves.

Painting makes this Arrernte lady from Harts Range happy and she 'hopes people will like her artwork'.

Josepha's Bush Berries paintings are meticulously crafted, dot by dot, layer by layer, until the canvas is filled and she is satisfied every dot has its place and purpose in the finished artwork.

Watching Polly paint, you saw the ultra focus and the joy. While painting, she was under a trance like state - even to the point of missing the paint pot on her next daub, rarely looking away from the painting as she scooped up more paint with the brush and painted the next layer.

Paint on the floor around her, on her hands, was inevitable. But she looked up frequently to pause and gesture across the canvas: 'good one' she would say.

Sadly, Polly passed away in 2022 and her remaining artworks are limited.

Jeannie is an Australian artist known for her beautiful depictions of the Desert Yam. She is also a 58 year old, a natural born leader, community provider, daughter of a ngangker (a bush doctor or healer), niece of an elder, a sister, a foster parent and a fur baby mumma.

She's also a ngangker herself, and always has a supply of bush medicine made and ready for those who come to her for help.⠀⠀

Dinny Kunoth is an Australian artist known for his naïve depictions of contemporary life in remote Australia. He is a 67 year old father of nine, grandfather, a proud family man, a gentleman, a sculptor, a son of a sculptor, a painter and an ex stockman. To name a tiny few.