Patsy Ross b. 1975

Biography
Language: Warlpiri
Region: Willowra, N.T.

Patsy Ross Napaltjarri was born in 1975 and went to primary school in Willowra, then went on to study at Yirara College in Mparntwe (Alice Springs). Patsy is a proud Warlpiri woman, and is sister-in-law to acclaimed artist, Janet Long Nakamarra. 

 

Patsy paints various aspects of women’s business, from collecting bush seeds and other tucker like wild blackberries, harvesting bush medicine, and Yawulyu - aspects of ceremony, such as women's traditional body paint designs. Patsy and her family still go out collecting bush tucker when they go back to country. It is this - her country and the abundance it offers to her family and community - that Patsy chooses to depict in her meticulous and precisely painted works. 

 

Patsy was taught to paint by her mother, who she says was the happiest person in the world. Patsy has an innate sense of colour, using this intuition to bring her country to life. Patsy also works in Ntaria (Hermannsburg). 

 

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  • Rain Dreaming by Patsy Ross, 2025
    Patsy Ross
    Rain Dreaming by Patsy Ross, 2025
    30 x 50 cm
    11 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches
    acrylic on canvas
    Patsy Ross, Rain Dreaming by Patsy Ross, 2025
    $ 295.00
  • Women Collecting Wild Bush Medicine by Patsy Ross, 2025
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    Women Collecting Wild Bush Medicine by Patsy Ross, 2025
    30 x 70 cm
    11 3/4 x 27 1/2 inches
    acrylic on canvas
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  • Women Collecting Wild Bush Onions
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    Women Collecting Wild Bush Onion by Patsy Ross, 2025
    45 x 60 cm
    17 3/4 x 23 5/8 inches
    acrylic on canvas
    Patsy Ross, Women Collecting Wild Bush Onion by Patsy Ross, 2025
    $ 499.00
  • Yawulyu (Women's Body Paint) by Patsy Ross, 2024
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    Yawulyu (Women's Body Painting) by Patsy Ross, 2025
    30.5 x 70 cm
    12 x 27 1/2 inches
    acrylic on canvas
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  • Yawulyu (Women's Body Paint) by Patsy Ross, 2024
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    Yawulyu (Women's Body Painting) by Patsy Ross, 2025
    30.5 x 70 cm
    12 x 27 1/2 inches
    acrylic on canvas
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  • Women Collecting Wild Bush Medicines and Making Hairstrings
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    Women Collecting Wild Bush Medicine Seed and Making Hair Strings by Patsy Ross, 2024
    40.5 x 71.5 cm
    16 x 28 1/8 inches
    acrylic on canvas
    Patsy Ross, Women Collecting Wild Bush Medicine Seed and Making Hair Strings by Patsy Ross, 2024
    $ 295.00
  • Women Collecting Wild Bush Medicine Seed by Patsy Ross, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 55x89cm
    Patsy Ross
    Women Collecting Wild Bush Medicine Seed by Patsy Ross, 2024
    55 x 89 cm
    21 5/8 x 35 inches
    acrylic on canvas
    Patsy Ross, Women Collecting Wild Bush Medicine Seed by Patsy Ross, 2024
    $ 880.00
  • Women Collecting Wild Bush Medicine Seed by Patsy Ross
    Patsy Ross
    Women Collecting Wild Bush Medicine Seed by Patsy Ross, 2024
    30 x 69 cm
    11 3/4 x 27 1/8 inches
    acrylic on canvas
    Patsy Ross, Women Collecting Wild Bush Medicine Seed by Patsy Ross, 2024
    $ 399.00
  • Women's Body Paint, Patsy Ross, 2024, acrylic on canvas
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    Yawulyu (Women's Body Paint) by Patsy Ross, 2024
    54 x 89 cm
    21 1/4 x 35 inches
    acrylic on canvas
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  • Yawulyu (Women's Body Paint) by Patsy Ross, 2024
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    Yawulyu (Women's Body Painting) by Patsy Ross, 2024
    55 x 119 cm
    21 5/8 x 46 7/8 inches
    acrylic on canvas
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  • Yawulyu (Women's Body Painting) by Patsy Ross
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    Yawulyu (Women's Body Painting) by Patsy Ross, 2024
    45 x 88 cm
    17 3/4 x 34 5/8 inches
    acrylic on canvas
    Patsy Ross, Yawulyu (Women's Body Painting) by Patsy Ross, 2024
    $ 850.00
  • Wild Bush Medicine Seed by Patsy Ross
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    Wild Bush Medicine Seed by Patsy Ross, 2023
    59 x 90 cm
    23 1/4 x 35 3/8 inches
    acrylic on canvas
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    Women Collecting Wild Bush Medicine by Patsy Ross, 2023
    57 x 130 cm
    22 1/2 x 51 1/8 inches
    acrylic on canvas
    Patsy Ross, Women Collecting Wild Bush Medicine by Patsy Ross, 2023
    $ 1,400.00
  • Women Collecting Wild Bush Medicine Seed by Patsy Ross
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    Women Collecting Wild Bush Medicine Seed by Patsy Ross, 2023
    30 x 69 cm
    11 3/4 x 27 1/8 inches
    acrylic on canvas
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  • Rain Dreaming by Patsy Ross
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    Rain Dreaming by Patsy Ross, 2022
    88 x 80 cm
    34 5/8 x 31 1/2 inches
    acrylic on canvas
    Patsy Ross, Rain Dreaming by Patsy Ross, 2022
    $ 1,100.00 SALE - was $1,350
  • Women Collecting Wild Bush Medicine Seed by Patsy Ross
    Patsy Ross
    Women Collecting Wild Bush Medicine by Patsy Ross, 2022
    49 x 150 cm
    19 1/4 x 59 inches
    acrylic on canvas
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  • Women Collecting Wild Bush Medicine Seed by Patsy Ross
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    Women Collecting Wild Bush Medicine by Patsy Ross, 2022
    47 x 145 cm
    18 1/2 x 57 1/8 inches
    acrylic on canvas
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  • Women Collecting Wild Bush Medicine Seed by Patsy Ross
    Patsy Ross
    Women Collecting Wild Bush Medicine by Patsy Ross, 2022
    48 x 146 cm
    18 7/8 x 57 1/2 inches
    acrylic on canvas
    Patsy Ross, Women Collecting Wild Bush Medicine by Patsy Ross, 2022
    $ 1,500.00
  • Women Collecting Wild Bush Medicine Seed & Bush Damper Seed by Patsy Ross
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    Women Collecting Wild Bush Medicine Seed & Bush Damper Seed by Patsy Ross, 2022
    49 x 150 cm
    19 1/4 x 59 inches
    acrylic on canvas
    Patsy Ross, Women Collecting Wild Bush Medicine Seed & Bush Damper Seed by Patsy Ross, 2022
    $ 1,500.00
  • Women Collecting Wild Bush Medicine Seed by Patsy Ross
    Patsy Ross
    Women Collecting Wild Bush Medicine Seed by Patsy Ross, 2022
    49 x 150 cm
    19 1/4 x 59 inches
    acrylic on canvas
    Patsy Ross, Women Collecting Wild Bush Medicine Seed by Patsy Ross, 2022
    $ 1,500.00
  • Rain Dreaming by Patsy Ross
    Patsy Ross
    Rain Dreaming by Patsy Ross, 2021
    89.5 x 199 cm
    35 1/4 x 78 3/8 inches
    acrylic on canvas
    Patsy Ross, Rain Dreaming by Patsy Ross, 2021
    $ 3,300.00
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