Annie is an Alyawarr woman, born c1935. Her father’s country is Arn ghut tenah an area near the Old Utopia Homestead north east of Alice Springs in Central Australia. Annie and her sisters played a significant part in the Anmatyerre/Alyawarr Land Claim in the late 1970’s demonstration their ownership to land through awelye – women’s ceremony. Her brother is David Pula Ross a well respected elder and law man for the Anmatyerre, Alyawarr and Eastern Arrerente people.

Annie presently lives at Irrerlirre a small outstation on the Plenty River located in the Arltarlpilta region approximately 250kms north east of Alice Springs. She lives with her three sisters Ada, Audrey, Jill and many of her large extended family. Annie has been painting for several years, her intricate dot paintings reflect her ancestral country, awely – women’s ceremony and the variety of edible seeds that can be found growing in her country.

Annie’s paintings are represented in many private collections both in Australia and internationally.

Audrey is an Alyawarr woman, born c1940. Her father’s country is Arn ghut tenah an area near the Old Utopia Homestead north east of Alice Springs in Central Australia. Audrey and her sisters played a significant part in the Anmatyerre/Alyawarr Land Claim in the late 1970’s demonstration their ownership to land through awelye – women’s ceremony. Her brother is David Pula Ross a well respected elder and law man for the Anmatyerre, Alyawarr and Eastern Arrernte people.

Audrey presently lives at Irrerlirre, a small outstation on the Plenty River located in the Arltarlpilta region approximately 250kms north east of Alice Springs. She lives with her three sisters Ada, Annie, Jill and many of her extended family. Audrey has been painting for several years. Her intricate dot paintings reflect her ancestral country, Awely – women’s Ceremony and the variety of edible seeds that can be found growing in her country.

Audrey’s paintings are represented in many private collections both in Australia and internationally.

Natalie was born 14th November 1982 in Tennant Creek, Central Australia. Her language is Alyawarr but she also speaks Eastern Arrernte and English. Her mother’s country is near Neutral Junction Station south of Tennant Creek and her father’s country is Antarrengeny which lies in Alyawarr land north of the Utopia Region in Central Australia. Natalie presently lives at Irrerlirre a small outstation in the Arltarlpilta region approximately 250kms north east of Alice Springs on the Plenty River. Natalie is married to John Petrick Ngwarrey also an artist and they have four children.

Natalie has been painting for approximately two years under the tutelage of her mother in-law Jill Kelly Kemarre, who is also Alyawarr. Jill is able to give direction to Natalie about her designs which relate to her ancestral stories. Natalie also works for the Atitjere Art Centre.

Raymond was born 1/4/77 in Alice Springs. He attended Traeger Park Primary school and Alice Springs High School. He now lives with his wife Marie Bloomfield and their two little boys in the Atitjere Community 215 km north east of Alice Springs located in the beautiful Harts Range. He has worked as an assistant teacher at the local Harts Range School. His first language is Eastern Arrernte; he also speaks Alyawarr and English.

Raymond has been painting for approximately 2 years selling his work locally. He presently paints for the Atitjere Art centre. He associates with his father’s stories of hunting and water soakage from Ahalpere Country in the Utopia region of Central Australia. The designs in his paintings relate to these stories.

Selina was born in 1977. Her traditional country is Antarrengeny which lies in Alyawarr country south of the Utopia region in Central Australia. She presently lives on Irrerlirre Outstation in the Arltarlpilta Region north east of Alice Springs with her husband, two children and very large extended family.

Selina grew up surrounded by artists and developed her own artistic talents at a very young age. Working for the Amperlatwaty art centre Selina’s work was represented in the Desart exhibitions in 2001 and 2002 in Sydney.

The theme for her paintings relate to the stories from her father’s country Antarrengeny. Her painting style can vary from patterns of intricate dots when illustrating a landscape of her country to bold linear work when representing body paint design. Selina is also inspired by other designs that she sees in her country, and is constantly experimenting with design and colour.