Lily Kelly Napangardi

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Lily Kelly Napangardi was born at Haasts Bluff in 1948 and moved to the newly established settlement of Papunya in the 1960's. During her time there, Lily began painting, assisting her husband Norman Kelly, who is an established artist. Lily returned to Mt Liebig with her husband in the early 1980's when she began painting in her own right.

A senior law woman of the Watiyawanu community, near Haasts Bluff, north-west of Alice Springs, Lily is responsible for the Women's Dreaming story associated with Kunajarrayi, and is now teaching younger women traditional dancing and singing.

Lily Kelly Napangardi won the Northern Territory Art Award for painting in 1986, and the General Painting Category at the 20th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards in 2003.

 In 2006 Lily Kelly Napangardi was named as one of Australia’ s 50 most collectable artists by the Australian Art Collector Magazine.

Lily’s paintings depict her country's sand hills, its winds and the desert environment after rain. They are a bird’s eye depiction showing the movement of the sand across the sand hills, at her country near Kintore. The story was passed from her grandfather.

'MONOCHROME' EXHIBITION (MAY 2022)
'TALI' EXHIBITION (JUNE - JULY 2021)

  1. Lily Kelly Napangardi | Tali (Sandhills) A15535

    121 x 121cm

    acrylic on linen

    $7,000.00
  2. Lily Kelly Napangardi | Tali (Sandhills) A15994

    60 x 120cm

    acrylic on linen

    $3,500.00
  3. Lily Kelly Napangardi | Tali (Sandhills) A14431

    39.5 x 71cm

    acrylic on linen

    $1,400.00
  4. Lily Kelly Napangardi | Tali (Sandhills) A15617

    121.5 x 182.5cm

    acrylic on linen

    $11,000.00
  5. Lily Kelly Napangardi | Tali (Sandhills) A16087

    120 x 118cm

    acrylic on linen

    $7,000.00
  6. Lily Kelly Napangardi | Tali (Sandhills) A15768

    121.5 x 121cm

    acrylic on linen

    $7,000.00
  7. Lily Kelly Napangardi | Tali (Sandhills) A16077

    90 x 91cm

    acrylic on linen

    $3,900.00
  8. Lily Kelly Napangardi | Tali (Sandhills) A15825

    118 x 119cm

    acrylic on linen

    $7,000.00
  9. Lily Kelly Napangardi | Tali (Sandhills) A16198

    200 x 200cm

    acrylic on Belgium linen

    $26,000.00
  10. Lily Kelly Napangardi | Tali (Sandhills) A16094

    61 x 61cm

    acrylic on linen

    $1,800.00
  11. Lily Kelly Napangardi | Tali (Sandhills) A15795

    60 x 120cm

    acrylic on linen

    $3,500.00
  12. Lily Kelly Napangardi | Tali (Sandhills) A15793

    60 x 120cm

    acrylic on linen

    $3,500.00
  13. Lily Kelly Napangardi | Tali (Sandhills) A15661

    90 x 90cm

    acrylic on linen

    $3,900.00
  14. Lily Kelly Napangardi | Tali (Sandhills) A15969

    60 x 120cm

    acrylic on linen

    $3,500.00
  15. Lily Kelly Napangardi | Tali (Sandhills) A15599

    90 x 120cm

    acrylic on linen

    $5,300.00
  16. Lily Kelly Napangardi | Tali (Sandhills) A15390

    200 x 200cm

    acrylic on linen

    $26,000.00
  17. Lily Kelly Napangardi | Tali (Sandhills) A15333

    120 x 180cm

    acrylic on linen

    $11,000.00
  18. Lily Kelly Napangardi | Tali (Sandhills) A15097

    60 x 120cm

    acrylic on linen

    $3,500.00
  19. Lily Kelly Napangardi | Tali (Sandhills) A15064

    60 x 60cm

    acrylic on linen

    $1,800.00
  20. Lily Kelly Napangardi | Tali (Sandhills) A14429

    40 x 70cm

    acrylic on linen

    $1,400.00
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