Description
Sandhills – Lily Kelly Napangardi combines the elements of water and earth to create the imagery of rain upon her sandhill country in the north/west of Alice Springs.
Lily Kelly Napangardi (AKA Lilly Kelly Napangati) was born at Haasts Bluff and spent her earlier years in Papunya where she first began painting in the company of Norman Kelly Tjampitjinpa. After marrying they moved to Watiyawanu (Mount Leibig, 325 west of Alice Springs) where Lily continues to live. She began painting in her own right in the early 1980’s, and, in 1986, won the Northern Territory Art Award Read more at our Top 200 Australian Artists Lily Kelly Napangardi profile page