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Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra (Many Hands)

Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra (Many Hands)

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MARIE ABBOTT-RAMJOHN of Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra (Many Hands). The title is Finke Gorge National Park, NT. [NGUR09MRA9174] (Watercolour with Board Backing)

MARIE ABBOTT-RAMJOHN

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Finke Gorge National Park, NT

NGUR09MRA9174
Watercolour with Board Backing
23 x 54cm | 9.1 x 21.3in
Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra (Many Hands)
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by RIENHOLD INKAMALA of Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra (Many Hands). The title is On the Way to Kintore. [156-15] (Watercolour on Paper)

RIENHOLD INKAMALA

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On the Way to Kintore

156-15
Watercolour on Paper
36 x 54cm | 14.2 x 21.3in
Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra (Many Hands)
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by KEVIN NAMATJIRA of Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra (Many Hands). The title is James Range, NT. [132-11] (Watercolour with Board Backing)

KEVIN NAMATJIRA

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James Range, NT

132-11
Watercolour with Board Backing
36 x 54cm | 14.2 x 21.3in
Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra (Many Hands)
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by LENIE NAMATJIRA of Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra (Many Hands). The title is West MacDonnell Ranges near Alice Springs, NT. [24-15] (Watercolour on Paper)

LENIE NAMATJIRA

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West MacDonnell Ranges near Alice Springs, NT

24-15
Watercolour on Paper
45 x 45cm | 17.7 x 17.7in
Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra (Many Hands)
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by HUBERT PAREROULTJA of Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra (Many Hands). The title is Mt. Sonder, Erulpa, NT. [137-14] (Watercolour on Paper)

HUBERT PAREROULTJA

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Mt. Sonder, Erulpa, NT

137-14
Watercolour on Paper
26 x 74cm | 10.2 x 29.1in
Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra (Many Hands)
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by IVY PAREROULTJA of Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra (Many Hands). The title is Tjuritja (West MacDonnell Ranges, NT). [NGUR10IPA10796] (Watercolour with Board Backing)

IVY PAREROULTJA

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Tjuritja (West MacDonnell Ranges, NT)

NGUR10IPA10796
Watercolour with Board Backing
23 x 54cm | 9.1 x 21.3in
Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra (Many Hands)
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MERVYN RUBUNTJA of Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra (Many Hands). The title is Yambah, North of Alice Springs. [NGUR09MRU9570] (Watercolour on Paper)

MERVYN RUBUNTJA

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Yambah, North of Alice Springs

NGUR09MRU9570
Watercolour on Paper
54 x 36cm | 21.3 x 14.2in
Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra (Many Hands)
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by HILARY WIRRI of Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra (Many Hands). The title is South of Hamilton Downs. [NGUR10HWI10416] (Watercolour on Paper)

HILARY WIRRI

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South of Hamilton Downs

NGUR10HWI10416
Watercolour on Paper
26 x 74cm | 10.2 x 29.1in
Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra (Many Hands)

Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra / Many Hands Art Centre is proudly Aboriginal owned and operated and is situated in the township of Alice Springs.

The non-for-profit organisation started operating in 2004, as an art centre established to provide a place for Arrernte Artists to come together to paint, share and learn new techniques and ideas.

The art centre is strongly committed to improving economic participation of Aboriginal people and maintaining cultural heritage.

Marilyn Armstrong, a prominent artists and also a Ngurratjuta board member, says of the art centre: "It’s a place where we can sit and talk together about the Dreamtime and learn from each other." Ngurratjuta Many Hands supports a range of well-established contemporary watercolour and acrylic artists who frequently exhibit interstate as well as many new and emerging artists who are developing their skills.

The art centre produces four specific styles of art including watercolours, traditional dot style, naïve style and the more contemporary style paintings.

The artworks tell many different stories and are completed in a variety of techniques including, intricate and subtle brush strokes, distinct and detailed dot work as well as broad and often bold freestyle use of acrylic paints and colours.

Ngurratjuta Many Hands currently support over 300 artists with a special focus on encouraging the ‘Hermannsburg School’ style watercolour artists, who continue to paint in the tradition of their grandfather and relative, Albert Namatjira, arguably one of Australia’s most famous artists of the 20th century.

Albert Namatjira taught his children to follow in his unique style, who have since passed this knowledge on to their children, which has resonated in a legacy of watercolour artists in the Central Desert region.

By continuing his legacy, these artists sustain an important piece of living history.

Ngurratjuta Many Hands is proud of its ethical work practises, and aims to return the greatest possible percentage of the sale to the artist.

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