Kunmanara (Ruby) Williamson Pitjantjatjara, c1940-2014

Ruby was a Pitjantjatjara senior law woman committed to fostering traditional law and culture, storytelling, hunting, punu (wood) carving, dancing and painting. She was born in the bush around 1940 and came to live in Amata with her family when she was a young girl.

Ruby first started painting in 2000 and was one of the most revered and charismatic artists. She received ongoing attention and acclaim for her unique, contemporary style. Her imagery is distinctly modern in its ideas, perspective and application.

Ruby passed away in 2014. "I have shared my culture in my paintings for a long time, but culture is in everything I do - when I'm sitting down thinking, when I'm singing, when I'm making fire and cooking food, when I'm talking my language - It's just Anangu way and children know that way from when they're born". Ruby Williamson, 2011.