Kirsty Tilmouth

Kirsty Tilmouth was born in Alice Springs Hospital. She grew up living in Engawala Community 2 hours north-east of Alice Springs which is on the plenty highway. She is a self taught artist. She learnt just by watching her mum and aunties paint at the old Art Centre. Kirsty’s family are all art…

Nancy Tilmouth

Nancy also makes native seed jewellery from time to time and was one of the women artists who painted the 12 metre mural with the students on the side of the school classroom.

Joy Turner

Joy Turner is the Traditional Owner for Engawala Community. Born in 1953, not far away at Bushy Park on the Plenty Highway, she has always lived in Engawala. Joy has been creating art since she was a young woman. There are other artists in her family including her mother, who was her biggest influen…

Annalisa Neal

Annalisa grew up living at Sandy Bore watching her nana paint and when she was a young teenager, her grandmother also began to teach her how to paint.

Elsie Pananka

Elsie was born and grew up on Alcoota Station and as a young woman worked at Mt Riddick, the adjoining cattle station, before marrying and moving back to Alcoota.

Janet Tilmouth

Janet was born near the Alcoota Station where she lived for 10 years with her family, later moving to Engawala to live. Janet went to school at Yirara College in Alice Springs completing year 10. She was introduced to painting by her aunty at an early age.

Joanne Tilmouth

Joanne grew up at Alcoota Station and was only a young girl when the Engawala community was first constructed. Later, as a young adult she was taught by her cousins to paint. Joanne has family living in Engawala, Alice Springs and a nearby community. Along with Joanne, her mother, nieces and cousins…

Patsy Tilmouth

Patsy moved to Engawala when she was 10 years old with her family. Her aunt encouraged her to take up painting at the age of 14. Patsy likes to do dot painting using acrylic on canvas capturing bush food and bush medicine. She also likes designing and making native seed jewellery and music sticks. O…

Shirley Dixon

Shirley was born at the old Alcoota settlement close to where the 9 million year old mega fauna fossils were found. She now lives in Engawala Community. She was only a young girl when they started to clear out an area to build a community and Shirley helped the older people. Engawala Community is lo…

Thelma Dixon

Thelma regularly paints at the new Engawala Art Centre where her work is for sale, she also sells at Northern Territory markets and exhibitions and through several local retail outlets. Thelma’s artwork is also found on the Engawala Art Centre website. She paints acrylic on canvas and her main…

Mary Tilmouth

Mary was born and grew up in the Northern Territory in the Central Desert and lived with her family at Alcoota Station where she was introduced to painting at the age of thirteen by her Aunty. Her sisters and father are also artists. She moved to Engawala Community in 1980 where she still lives with…

Brenda Tilmouth

Brenda paints about women's ceremony and bush tucker using acrylic paints on canvas. She also makes native seed jewellery.

Irene Tilmouth

Irene Tilmouth was born in Alice Springs in 1965 and has always lived in the Northern Territory Central Desert area of Australia.Irene grew up on Alcoota Station and now she lives and works a few kilometre down the road at Engawala Community. Irene enjoys painting with acrylic on canvas and also car…

Maryanne Tilmouth

Maryanne was recognised for her contribution to the painting “Walking in Two Worlds” purchased by the Attorney Generals Department in Canberra after being exhibited at the Vincent Lingiari Art Awards, 2016

Hilda Bird

Elizabeth Dixon

Elizabeth grew up at Alcoota Station in the Northern Territory Central Desert Region, when she was a teenager she moved to Engawala Community with her family where she still lives today. Elizabeth's mother was her biggest influence in life, introducing her to painting at an early age.

Sharon Tilmouth

Sharon grew up watching her grandfather and aunties paint. She was taught how to paint by her aunty at the community Art Centre. Sharon does dots on her artworks, it represents "Women hunting for bush tucker".

Barbara Tilmouth

Deanne Gordon

Deanne was born in Alice Springs 1998. She grew up and lived in Willowra Community with her family. In 2015 Deanne started painting at Warlukurlangu Art Centre in Yuendumu. Deanne's themes in her artworks are Ngatijirriyi Dreaming, Budgerigar Dreaming, Seed Dreaming, and Bush Medicines. Ngatiji…

Leanne Dodd

Leanne was born in Alice Springs and grew up living at Mulga Bore outstation with her family. Mulga Bore is located north east of Alice Springs on the Sandover Highway. She is now living in Engawala.Leanne attended Mulga Bore School and Central Secondary School in Alice Springs.

Maureen Dixon

Maureen was born at Alcoota in 1976 then later moved to Engawala when she was a young girl along with her families. She grew up around Engawala and Utopia.

Dianne Dixon

Dianne was born in Alice Springs Hospital. She grew up in Engawala and Utopia. Dianne lives in Engawala with her family who are artists as well. At 15 years old she enrolled at Yirara College in Alice Springs where she learnt how to do art. When she completed school she started painting for Tim who …