- Artist: Dickie Minyintiri
- Art Centre: Ernabella Arts
- Region: Central Australia
Artwork Story
Dickie Minyintiri (c. 1915 – 23 September 2014) was a senior Anangu Pitjanjatjara man, and one of the most significant and important artists from this region.
He was born at Pilpirinyi, Western Australia, neat the border with South Australia in about 1915. He was a highly respected Ngangkari (traditional healer) and senior law man.
During his early life Dickie Minyintiri travelled with is parents across the country that is now known as Anangu Pitjanjatjara Yankunyjatjara lands. When his family first came to Ernabella, before the mission days, they were the first people here, and Dickie was able to point out landmarks such as rocky outcrops, waterholes and caves where his family camped.
He began painting in 2005 and was one of central Australia’s most successful artists. He won the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award in 2011.