Gail Napangati b. 1970

Biography
LANGUAGE: PITJANTJATJARA / Luritja 
REGION: Papunya, N.T. / AMATA, APY LANDS, S.A. 

Gail was born in Papunya, a remote community about 200km west of Mparntwe (Alice Springs), and now lives with her husband and family in Amata, a small community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunyjatjara (APY) Lands in South Australia. Gail’s painting style often reflects a fusion of the style of her birthplace with where she now resides in Amata.

 

Gail paints the Bush Onion Dreaming story, detailing the journey of the older women to gather the precious tucker. Gail's paintings capture the changing textures and undulating terrain of her grandmother's country, west of Papunya. The lines are the tracks walked by the women to collect bush onions, and the roundels represent either the waterholes around which the onion grows, or where the onions have already been dugout from the land.

 

Gail says, "The ladies walk around looking for tucker and when they find a good place, they are sitting down and digging for that tucker."

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  • Bush Onion Story by Gail Napangati, 2023
    Gail Napangati
    Bush Onion Story by Gail Napangati, 2023
    60 x 60 cm
    23 5/8 x 23 5/8 inches
    acrylic on linen
    Gail Napangati, Bush Onion Story by Gail Napangati, 2023
    $ 770.00
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    Gail Napangati
    Bush Onion Story by Gail Napangati, 2023
    37 x 148 cm
    14 5/8 x 58 1/4 inches
    acrylic on linen
    Gail Napangati, Bush Onion Story by Gail Napangati, 2023
    $ 1,350.00
  • Bush Onion Story by Gail Napangati, 2022
    Gail Napangati
    Bush Onion Story by Gail Napangati, 2022
    60 x 120 cm
    23 5/8 x 47 1/4 inches
    acrylic on linen
    Gail Napangati, Bush Onion Story by Gail Napangati, 2022
    $ 999.00 SALE - was $1,250
  • Bush Onion Story by Gail Napangati
    Gail Napangati
    Bush Onion Story by Gail Napangati, 2022
    90 x 121 cm
    35 3/8 x 47 5/8 inches
    acrylic on linen
    Gail Napangati, Bush Onion Story by Gail Napangati, 2022
    $ 2,950.00
  • Bush Onion Story by Gail Napangati
    Gail Napangati
    Bush Onion Story by Gail Napangati, 2022
    90 x 120 cm
    35 3/8 x 47 1/4 inches
    acrylic on linen
    Gail Napangati, Bush Onion Story by Gail Napangati, 2022
    $ 2,950.00
  • Bush Onion Story by Gail Napangati
    Gail Napangati
    Bush Onion Story by Gail Napangati, 2022
    90 x 120 cm
    35 3/8 x 47 1/4 inches
    acrylic on linen
    Gail Napangati, Bush Onion Story by Gail Napangati, 2022
    $ 2,950.00
  • Bush Onion Story by Gail Napangati
    Gail Napangati
    Bush Onion Story by Gail Napangati, 2021
    60 x 60 cm
    23 5/8 x 23 5/8 inches
    acrylic on linen
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