TYPICALLY bold and expressive comes this depiction of Barbara's Country in Amata, deep in the APY Lands.
Barbara lived for some time in her teenage years on her father's lands of Ti-Tree in the Northern Territory, where she took a job as an Aboriginal Education Worker in a preschool. She later moved to Amata to live with her husband and begin a new career as a healthcare worker.
She began painting at Amata's Tjala Arts in April 2003 and, since then, her work has received widespread recognition, winning a National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award in 2012. Known also as the Telstra Award, she has been a finalist in many other years. Moore has also been a finalist for the Wynne Prize, awarded by the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Family as a huge motivator in her work and career, saying that “for us, the role of an artist is a respected position. It’s one that our children and grandchildren look up to and one they aspire to be. I’m making a path for my children.”
All her paintings are called Ngayuku Ngura, reflecting the lands she comes from, her family connections, memories and landmarks.