PAINTING OF THE WEEK

🎨 Painting of the Week: Angus Tjungurrayi

Size: 122 x 91 cm | Medium: Acrylic on Belgian Linen

This week, we shine the spotlight on Angus Tjungurrayi, a bold and emerging voice in contemporary Aboriginal art, and proudly feature one of his standout pieces — a painting that hums with tradition, geometry, and ancestral memory.

🖌️ About the Artist

Angus Tjungurrayi was born in 1988 in the remote desert landscape near Lake Mackay. He comes from extraordinary lineage — the son of legendary artist Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri, a founding figure of the Papunya Tula movement and one of the last Indigenous Australians to emerge from a completely traditional way of life in the 1980s.
(The Lost Tribe)

Growing up in Kiwirrkura, Angus was surrounded by ceremony, culture, and canvas. He first began painting by watching his father and learning the sacred stories that had been passed down for generations. Today, his work carries those same Dreaming stories forward, reinterpreting them with his distinct visual language — a balance of deep cultural meaning and bold artistic experimentation.

Angus has already been featured in respected exhibitions. His art is gaining recognition fast for its ability to honour ancient tradition while speaking confidently to a contemporary audience.

🖼️ About the Painting

This painting is a stunning example of Angus’s connection to Tjukurrpa — the spiritual and cultural knowledge passed down through the Dreaming. It depicts the country around Lake Mackay, one of the most important sacred sites in the Western Desert.

Using finely layered lines and a geometric flow, Angus maps out the land as it is known through ancestral memory — sacred tracks, ceremonial sites, and songlines carved across Country. There’s something almost meditative in how the composition unfolds. The lines echo journeys, the past folding into the present.

What we love about this painting is how powerful yet minimal it feels. It has presence — the kind of artwork that makes you stop and look twice. It’s not just a painting, it’s a story you live with — one that grows richer the longer it hangs on your wall.

For anyone looking to collect a serious piece of Aboriginal art, Angus Tjungurrayi is an artist to watch — and this painting is a chance to connect with a rising star whose roots go deep into one of the most important art legacies in the country.

👉 View the Painting