Gladys Daniels b. 1968

Gladys comes from the Papunya region of Central Australia, which is a small Indigenous community approximately 240 km northwest of Alice Springs. Gladys is the daughter of celebrated artist, Barney Daniels Tjungarrayi. Growing up, Gladys lived at an outstation just outside of Papunya called 5 Mile. Her father taught her how to paint when she was a young girl. 

Gladys’ style of painting is characteristic of the Western Desert painters, using dots and line-work to tell important Dreaming stories. Using this basic form of marking making, Gladys creates incredible optical-style art with rhythm, movement and depth, often depicting the deeply secret Tingari Dreaming Cycle, or tali (sandhills).