Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, Contemporary Australian and Aboriginal paintings, sculpture, original prints and drawings

Lilly Kelly Napangarti was born at Haasts Bluff in the Northern Territory in 1948. She moved to the newly established settlement of Papunya in the 1960s. During her time in Papunya, Lilly engaged in painting activities, notably assisting with works by her husband Norman Kelly. Lilly returned to Mt Liebig with her husband in the early 1980s. Lilly is now one of the senior Law Women of the community, teaching the younger women traditional dancing and singing. Her language is Luritja.

Lilly began painting in the early 1980s, winning the Northern Territory Art Award for Excellence in Aboriginal Painting in 1986.

In her most recent works Lilly paints sandhills, wind and 'after rain' in her country near Mt. Liebig and the Haasts Bluff area, in addition to depicting sandhills of the Kintore and Connistan areas. Lilly holds authority over the Women Dreaming story associated with Kunajarrayi.

COLLECTIONS
The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica, U.S.A.
Holmes A Court Collection
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Queensland Art Gallery
Thomas Vroom Collection, Amsterdam
James Erskine Collection
Araluen Trust Collection