Papunya Tjupi Art Centre Aboriginal Corporation

Bush Tucker This painting shows a variety of Bush Tucker that can be found in the desert region. They include, Tjupi (Honey Ants), Maku (witcherty Grubs), Bush tomatoes and Bush Bananas.

Candy Nakamarra Kapi Tjukurrpa – Kalipinypa This painting depicts Candy’s Water Dreaming site at Kalipinypa, North-east of Kintore. The painting tells the story of the rain and hail making ceremony for the site of Kalipinypa. Ancestral forces are invoked to bring on a powerful storm with lightning, thunderclouds and rain Read more…

Punata Stockman- Yala (Sweet Potato) In this painting Punata has painted the bush food Yala (Sweet Potato) that is found in the sand dunes near her country Mt Denison. Her father Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri also painted the country around Mt Denison. Women dig for for the sweet potato in the sand Read more…

Emily Andy – Four Sisters This is a painting of Emily and her 3 younger sisters – Ada Andy, Melody and Jennifer. They are foraging for bush onion (yalka) at Karrinyarra.

Maureen Poulson Kapi Tjukurrpa – Kalipinypa The painting depicts designs associated with Kapi Tjukurrpa (Water Dreaming) at Kalipinypa, a site northwest of Kintore. The tjukurrpa tells of an important rain making ceremony to invoke the elements. It is a powerful storm bringing on the lightning, thunderclouds and rain sending its Read more…

Emily Andy Janmarda In this painting Emily has depicted designs associated with the Janmarda Tjukurrpa (Onion Dreaming) site of Karrinyarra (Central Mt Wedge). Karinyarra is two hours drive North West of the remote Aboriginal community of Papunya, Northern Territory, where there is a large salt lake and sacred spring. At Read more…

Punata Stockman- Yala (Sweet Potato) In this painting Punata has painted the bush food Yala (Sweet Potato) that is found in the sand dunes near her country Mt Denison. Her father Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri also painted the country around Mt Denison. Women dig for for the sweet potato in the sand Read more…

Status: Stock Bush Mangarri Tee Doris Bush Nungarrayi’s iconic bush mangarri (food) design is now on a tee! It depicts her memories from the early days, learning from her mother at Wilura and Nyumannu, a Tjukurrpa (Dreaming) site SE of Kintore Community, NT.    Doris recounts handling different types of Read more…

Status: Stock Papunya Tjupi Football Team “Tiima ngayukuya, tiima ngyuku, papunya tiima ngayuku yuwa. Tjana ankula tawunu pliitipayi, every weekend and ngururrpa ngarripayi ankula yuwa” “They’re my team, yeah, Papunya’s my team. They always go into town to play football, every weekend, in between they camp.” -Leemyn Corby   The Read more…