Linda Syddick Napaljarri Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1937 -

Linda Syddick Napaltjarri is a Pintupi Aboriginal artist who was born at Lake MacKay in the Gibson Desert, WA, in 1937. Her Aboriginal name is Tjunkiya Wukula Napaltjarri. Linda was raised in the traditional nomadic fashion until the age of eight or nine, when her family walked out of the desert and decided to settle at the Lutheran Mission at Haasts Bluff in Central Australia.

Linda Napaltjarri’s paintings are inspired by both her traditional nomadic life in the desert, and the Dreamings of her father and step-father. Linda’s father was Rintje Tjungurrayi who was killed by a revenge spearing party when Linda was about eighteen months old. Linda Syddick Napaltjarri was subsequently brought up by her stepfather, renowned Aboriginal artist Lankata Shorty Tjungurrayi. Before Shorty Lankata died in 1985, he instructed Linda to carry on his work and paint his Dreamings. And so it was that in 1986 Linda Syddick Napaltjarri was taught the art of painting by her two Uncles Uta Uta Tjangala and Nosepeg Tjupurrula.

Linda Syddick Napaltjarri often paints the Dreaming story of the Tingari and the Emu Men. The Emu Men were ancestral beings who roamed the landscape during the Dreamtime or Creation Period. Linda paints country mostly around Lake MacKay, which has been central to the cultural and spiritual life of the Aboriginal people for thousands of years. Lake MacKay was where Linda was born and travelled for most of her early childhood.

Linda Syddick Napaltjarri’s paintings by have been represented in many exhibitions at Japingka Gallery including-

2012 Desert Gold
2008 Linda Syddick Napaltjarri
2007 Linda Syddick – Paintings
2005 Linda Syddick – Paintings

A selection of paintings by Linda Syddick Napaltjarri is available from Japingka Gallery, where collectors can buy Aboriginal art online with certainty of quality, authenticity and provenance of art works.