Ernabella Arts Inc.

Ngayuku Walka / My Design Walka means design or pattern. Artists use this title to describe artworks that are pattern based rather than descriptive or telling a story.

Ngayuku Walka / My Design Walka means design or pattern. Artists use this title to describe artworks that are pattern based rather than descriptive or telling a story.

Margaret’s Father’s Country My father’s place is Mt. Liebe, sandhill country.  The Wanapi rests there under the surface of the creek.  When we go to visit that country, the Wanapi stirs underneath the ground and bubbles rise up in the water.  He is there to protect that place.  We speak to that Wanapi in Read more…

Piltati There were two sisters who married two brothers and they all lived together. One day the women went wandering and they went such a long way that they forgot about their husbands. Back at the camp, the two husbands were thinking, ‘Where are our wives?’ and they decided to Read more…

Status: Stock Kids Tjitji Tjuta – Children T-Shirt by Tjunkaya Tapaya OAM Tjunkaya grew up at the Ernabella Mission and is a highly respected senior leader in the community. The Pitjantjatjara concept of nintitjaku means to teach, show or pass down. This is something Tjunkaya is deeply passionate about and Read more…

Status: Stock Kids Kiyar-Kiyarpa – Galah T-Shirt by Jeffrey Lewis Jeffrey paints his favourite birds that live in the country around Ernabella. These include the kiyar-kiyarpa (galah) which features on this t-shirt. He also paints kurparu (magpie), patilpa (Port Lincoln ringed neck parrot), tjintir-tjintirpa (willy wag-tail), piil-piilpa (yellow throated minor) Read more…

Status: Stock Kids Nanytju – Horse T-Shirt by Rupert Jack Mr Jack was a stockman in his younger days. He likes to tell stories about his time working on nearby cattle stations and as a young fella working on the sheep station at the Ernabella Mission. Mr Jack tells a Read more…

Status: Stock Kids Minyma Tjuta – Women T-Shirt by Natasha Namatjira Carroll Natasha’s narrative style of painting depicts community life with a quirky spin. She often paints on number plates and creates Toyota-shaped ceramic wall pieces. Our Minyma Tjuta t-shirt comes from one of Natasha’s number plates and depicts a Read more…

Status: Stock Kids Papa – Dog T-Shirt by Nicole Rupert Nicole’s grandmother, Nura Rupert, was a highly regarded Ernabella artist who passed away in 2016. Nura had a great sense of humour and wild imagination, and her artistic style was uniquely quirky. Nicole is inspired by her grandmother’s style and wants Read more…

Status: Stock Kids Pulukangka – Stockman T-Shirt by Rupert Jack Mr Jack was a stockman. He likes to tell stories about his time as a stockman on nearby cattle stations and as a young fella working on the sheep station at the Ernabella Mission. Mr Jack says about those days Read more…