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Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
c. 1943
Region: Kiwirrkurra, Tjukula – Western Australia
Language: Pintupi
Born at Tjiturrunya west of Kintore Ranges in Western Australia, Ronnie was initiated into manhood in Winparku, near Lake MacKay. After prolonged droughts in the 1950s he and his family moved, first to Haasts Bluff, then to Papunya.
Ronnie Tjampitjinpa commenced painting in about 1975 after he observed the Papunya painting movement. Since moving to Walungurru, in the early 1980’s he has emerged as one of Papunya Tula’s major artists.
Ronnie Tjampitjinpa’s art is a good representation of the characteristic Pintupi style: repetition of forms which are geometric, simple and bold, and pigments which are often restricted to four basic colours of black, red, yellow and white. But Ronnie experiments with other colours as well.
Janusz B. Kreczmanski and Margo Birnberg, Aboriginal Artists dictionary of biographies
