Barbara Napangarti Reid

Western Australia

Minyimi Tingari

Acrylic on canvas
78" x 48 "
Price: $4,165.00 USD

Stock # AMI-1002-01

Minyimi Tingari

Acrylic on canvas
47.375" x 487.75"
Price: $2,340.00 USD

Stock # AMI-1003-01

Background

Barbara Napangarti Reid was born in approximately 1964 at Mungurry, near Tjukurla, north west of Docker River in Western Australia. She belongs to the Ngaanyatjarra language group of the Western Desert, one of eight language groups who act as custodians for this vast area.

Barbara's paintings are beautiful depictions of place, of the lands to which she is custodian and the songs that explain them. Characteristic for Barbara is the depiction of puli rock formations, and tuli sand hills, those features that are so much a part of the land from which she comes. Also vital to Barbara's work is the telling of women's sacred stories minyma narratives that revolve around the role of the woman as healer and provider within Ngaanyatjarra society.

With their beautiful lyricism and exquisite tonal palette Barbara Napangarti Reid's paintings work to capture the viewer, mesmerising with their quiet intensity and irrepressible joy.