HELEN MCCARTHY TYALMUTY

Helen McCarthy Tyalmuty was born at Tennant Creek in 1972 and is one of the most successful Aboriginal artists of the younger generation. Helen has a relentless passion to learn all she can about culture and Country from her elders, as well as the ability to effectively communicate through her art using an array of styles, intricate dotting and delicate brushwork techniques, abstract imagery, bold color use and intuitive interplays with space and form. Her art can be multi-layered, complex and colorful, or it can be restrained, solemn and occasionally ominous. She finds inspiration all around her: in her deep connection to Country, in the traditional practices associated with a life living bush and in her incredible family stories. Helen’s connection to Country and culture, combined with her non-indigenous education, are the foundations she uses to express her ideas and experiences in her own unique manner.