Elsie Napanangka Granites

Elsie Napanangka Granites

 Elsie Granites Napanangka (1965) is a talented, Indigenous artist from Yuendumu, in the Northern Territory. Yuendumu is one of the largest remote communities in central Australia and has a thriving community of Aboriginal artists, including Felicity Robertson Nampitjinpa and the late Dorothy Napangardi.Yuendumu lies 293km northwest of Alice Springs on the Tanami Track in the Gibson Desert and is a community largely made up of the Warlpiri and Anmatyerr Aboriginal people.
 Elsie’s paintings are based on the Dreamings of her custodial land “Mina Mina” the country west of her birthplace in Yuendumu.This is a women’s birthing place. It is also where the digging sticks emerged from the ground.