Yalpirakinu - Adrian Jangala Robertson

Jangala was born at Papunya in 1962. He went to school in Papunya and remembers Geoff Bardon as a school teacher and working alongside the early Western Desert painters.

His father, Jampitjinpas' country travels from west of Walungurru through Karku at Nyirrpi, and on to Warlurkurlangu at Yuendumu. Jangala's mother is Eunice Napangardi, a well known painter herself. It is her country, Yalpirakinu, that Jangala paints.

Jangala joined Mwerre Anthurre Artists in 2002. He is a landscape painter and uses predominantly a restricted palette. His paintings consistently refer to the desert mountains, ridges and trees which are part of Yalpirakinu. His brushwork is loaded with energy, drama and memories. He is a deliberate and thoughtful painter; reworking, pushing and pulling the image to completion.