Untitled (Snake Dreaming at Lampitjinya) - Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula

Turkey Tolson joined Papunya Tula artists as one of its youngest members, painting his earliest artworks for Geoff Bardon in 1972. He was one of the most innovative and figurative artists of the Papunya Tula movement's early days. Throughout the 1980s, Tolson's unassuming leadership style and commitment to the community, combined with his individual approach, became the hallmarks of an enduring career.

He introduced his Spear Straightening imagery around 1990 and retuned to it again and again thereafter. In time, it became his leitmotif. However his earlier works like this demonstrate the dominance of figurative elements.

This painting comes originally from the personal collection of Daphne Williams, one of the most respected participants in Aboriginal Art and longest serving manager of Papunya Tula artists.