Trees at Talaalpi - Bishop Sleeves Top - Silver and Blue on Teal (Silk)

Trees at Talaalpi - Bishop Sleeves Top - Silver and Blue on Teal (Silk)This bishop sleeves top features Alice Nampitjinpa Dixon's design, which depicts the trees of Talaalpi Alice's own Country, situated close to Kintore on the Western Australian border, where she grew up before moving to Haasts Bluff later in life. Alice was born in 1943 near Talaalpi, close to Walungurru on the Western Australian border, and taught dancing and desert traditions at Kintore School before she began painting. Her father was the late Uta

She has travelled to Singapore and Korea with her art

This bishop sleeves top by Alice Nampitjinpa Dixon depicts Takupalangu

a founding member of Ikuntji Artists who painted at Papunya Tula since the 1970s

Kungkayunti is an important place for the travelling Tjukurrpa of the ancestral Arrernte women who travelled from near Kintore

and Brown's Bore Outstation all her life

drip dry in shade

My Grandmother used to say to me when I was younger: “One day you will paint

It started at Warlungurru

I was born at Kuruyultu

share their stories and renew their law

and the iconic Karrkurrutintja design by Ikuntji Artist Sonia Jugadai

This story was passed down to her from her grandmother