• Dye on silk crepe de chine
• Dimensions: 110cm x 130cm
• Cat No. 22-1231
• Timber supports available for purchase 

Faith was born to Nutangka Bennett & Barney Ward at a place called Mangatjatjara, close to an extremely important sacred site deep in the desert. Faith now lives in the small and remote community of Tjukurla, where she paints the stories of her country using the traditional Tjukurrpa and Tingarri designspassed down to her. Faith is well respected in her community as a knowledgeable Ngaanyatjarra woman. When Tjukurla was still a small outstation of Kaltukatjara, there was no infrastructure or services. The responsibility of teaching the children in daily classes was given to Faith. Faith is also a skilled basket weaver and purnu (wooden artefact) carver, and in recent years has expanded her practice to include silk painting and other textile creations. Faith has an aptitude forcolour selection, and her canvases are strongly composed and carefully executed. She has been painting with Tjarlirli Art almost since its inception, and is a key and longstanding member of the organisation. Faith’s spirituality is a deep and essential part of her, and she is a significant dancer for inma, women’s ceremonies. This cultural knowledge is embedded in her practice, and she often sings songs from her country while working and takes every opportunity to return to country and spend time painting and conducting ceremonies in the bush. Faith also holds family connections to many of the other senior artists, granting her the cultural and familial knowledge to speak to the broader practices of Tjarlirli artists. Her own works capture the music and movement that she brings to the studio and her every day. Faith's paintings sing with the stories linking countless generations of women to one another in the desert lands, and celebrate the joys of connectedness to country and people.