Janice Stanley Pitjantjatjara, b. 13/12/1987
Overview
Pantu (Salt Lake), 2026
Janice Stanley is an innovative third-generation artist from Ernabella Arts in the APY Lands. Her grandmother was founding artist and traditional healer the late Tjariya Stanley and her aunts are senior artists, Alison Milyika Carroll and Renita Stanley.
Janice's paintings depict Pantu (Salt Lakes ) at Attila (Mt Connor) near Uluru in the APY Lands. Attila is a significant landmark in the Seven Sisters creation story and has been passed down to Janice by her aunt, Renita Stanley. In this part of the story the sisters are walking and traveling south through this country, creating landforms in their wake. The salt lakes that are part of this arid country come alive after rain. As the kapi (water) moves across the land it transforms the colour and light of the land. Janice captures this quality of light, variety of colours and movement of water, as though viewed from above.
With their luminous hues, unique imagery and fine lines, Janice's paintings have achieved great success in Ernabella Arts' exhibitions across Australia and internationally. Her work is in the collections of the Australian Embassy in Zagreb, the Janet Holmes a Court Collection and the Collection of Australian Parliament House, Canberra.
Janice's paintings depict Pantu (Salt Lakes ) at Attila (Mt Connor) near Uluru in the APY Lands. Attila is a significant landmark in the Seven Sisters creation story and has been passed down to Janice by her aunt, Renita Stanley. In this part of the story the sisters are walking and traveling south through this country, creating landforms in their wake. The salt lakes that are part of this arid country come alive after rain. As the kapi (water) moves across the land it transforms the colour and light of the land. Janice captures this quality of light, variety of colours and movement of water, as though viewed from above.
With their luminous hues, unique imagery and fine lines, Janice's paintings have achieved great success in Ernabella Arts' exhibitions across Australia and internationally. Her work is in the collections of the Australian Embassy in Zagreb, the Janet Holmes a Court Collection and the Collection of Australian Parliament House, Canberra.
Works
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Janice StanleyPantu (Salt Lake), 2026acrylic on canvas120 x 120 cm$ 4,500.00
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Janice StanleyPantu (Salt Lake) , 2026acrylic on canvas98 x 149 cm$ 4,700.00
38 5/8 x 58 5/8 inSee more... -
Janice StanleyPantu (Salt Lake) , 2026acrylic on canvas119 x 90 cm$ 3,500.00
46 7/8 x 354 3/8 inSee more... -
Janice StanleyPantu (Salt Lake), 2026acrylic on canvas120 x 90 cm$ 3,500.00
47 1/4 x 354 3/8 inSee more... -
Janice StanleyPantu (Salt lake), 2025acrylic on canvas150 x 121 cm$ 5,500.00
59 x 47 5/8 in
Everywhen ArtSee more...
Exhibitions
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H O M E
Opening exhibition of Everywhen Art at Whistlewood 6 Jan - 25 Feb 2024The exhibition H O M E launches the new home of Everywhen Art at Whistlewood - the McCulloch family's historic house gallery on the Mornington Peninsula. This richly explorative exhibition...Read more -
Sea, Sand & Salt
24 Nov - 21 Dec 2023A broad ranging exhibition by artists from Far North Queensland, the Kimberley, Central Desert and the APY Lands highlighting the differing terrains of the artists' sea, sand and salt pan...Read more -
Sydney Contemporary 2023
NextGen Ernabella + Jack Nawilil Spirit Poles 7 - 10 Sep 2023Visit us at Booth A11 (First Section) at Carriageworks, September 07 - 10 for Sydney Contemporary 2023. REQUEST CATALOGUE We're delighted to be presenting NextGen Ernabella - dynamic and innovative...Read more
Biography
Janice Stanley is the third generation of Stanley women to create artwork at Ernabella Arts. She is an early career painter and ceramic artist showing great promise.
Her grandmother was founding artist and traditional healer Tjariya Stanley and her aunts are senior artists, Alison Milyika Carroll and Renita Stanley. Janice's paintings depict pantu, or salt lakes near Atilla (Mt Connor). This is a significant location for the seven sisters creation story. This story tells of seven sisters running across the country creating landforms in their wake. Although Janice has never seen them from this perspective herself, she imagines viewing the salt lakes from above.
