Walka means design or pattern. Artists use this title to describe artworks that are pattern based rather than descriptive or telling a story.
Name: Imitjala Pantjiti Lewis
Language: Pitjantjatjara
Community: Pukatja
Biography:
Imitjala Pantjiti Lewis was born in 1963 in the community which was then known as Ernabella Mission and is now known as Pukatja Community. She attended school in Ernabella.
She is a full-time health worker at Ernabella clinic. She began work with the health service on graduating in high school in 1983. She married shortly after this. She is sister to leading Ernabella ceramic artist, Alison Milyika Carroll. Imitjala Pantjiti's works often depict the minyma kutjarra tjukurpa (two women/sisters story), the Malilanya tjukurpa, the kipara munu kalaya tjukurpa (bush turkey and emu story) and the Kungkarangakalpa tjukurpa (Seven Sisters story). Imitjala Pantjiti is deeply involved in women's law and ceremony and has a leading role in the Nintintjaku Project (an Ernabella Arts cultural teaching project).
Kulata and Kali (Spear & Boomerang) My father told me this story, it’s a dream he had. There was a man who was travelling for a long time. He was travelling with kulata (spear) and Read more…
Tjukula/Waterholes For the Pitjantjatjara people living in the desert, knowledge of their water sources was critical to their survival. This resulted in an intimate understanding of the landscape which continues today. Water is an essential Read more…
Tjintungku irnyani ngangkaalingka ungu-wanungku This painting is the sun shining through the clouds. ‘Cloudy, raining, but the sun is shining through the clouds. The sun is going through the clouds. The clouds are trying to Read more…