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
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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$ 3,600.00
47 1/4 x 354 3/8 inSee more...
Exhibitions
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Winter 2026
1 - 23 Aug 2026Paintings, barks, ceramics and more from First Peoples artists and art centres across the country.Read more -
Art for Nepean
Fundraising exhibition to support independent candidate for Nepean Tracee Hutchison 17 - 26 Apr 2026EXHIBITION EXTENDED! NOW CONCLUDES SUNDAY APRIL 26 FUNDRAISING EXHIBITION TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE FOR NEPEAN, TRACEE HUTCHISON .• 100 + paintings, works on paper, ceramics, sculpture and jewellery by 86...Read more -
At Home with Art - International Women's Day 2026
6 - 29 Mar 2026From Balgo and the Kimberley in the north-west, Papunya and Yuendumu in the Western Desert, to Utopia and into the far north of Arnhem Land, this exhibition celebrates t he...Read more -
SUMMER 2026
Shirley Purdie solo | Amanda Gabori solo | Ernabella Arts x 6 27 Dec 2025 - 1 Feb 2026SOLO EXHIBITIONS BY SHIRLEY PURDIE AND AMANDA GABORI PLUS VIBRANT WORKS BY 6 WOMEN ARTISTS OF ERNABELLA ARTS Award winning Warmun artist Shirley Purdie’s exceptional body of textured ochres relate...Read more -
Curators' Choice Autumn 2025
9 May - 1 Jun 2025A hand picked selection of paintings, works on paper and sculptures by leading and emerging First Nations' artists from the Pilbara, Arnhem Land, the Western Desert, Utopia, and the APY...Read more -
Women Celebrating Women
8 - 30 Mar 2025In 2003, mother and daughter writers and publishers Susan McCulloch OAM and Emily McCulloch Childs were encouraged to work together by Anmatyerre artists the late Barbara Weir and her daughter...Read more -
Minyma Ku Tjukurpa Ernabella
In partnership with Ernabella Arts 16 Nov - 1 Dec 2024Vibrant new paintings and ceramics by 14 artists of Ernabella Arts in the APY Lands celebrate Women's Lore and cullture in the exhibition Minyma Ku Tjukurpa Ernabella . Known for...Read more -
Pareip
True Spring 19 Oct - 10 Nov 2024In the Bunurong seasons, Spring has three distinct sections: early Spring (August-mid September); mid Spring (mid September-mid October) and late or 'true' Spring (mid October-mid November). The word for all...Read more -
Winter Salon 2024
Warm Hues + Winter Lights 13 Jul - 25 Aug 2024New paintings, sculptures, and weavings by First Nations artists from 5 regions. Featuring vibrant new paintings by Janice Stanley, Yurpiya Lionel, Tjulata Kuluyru and Michelle Lewis from Ernabella Arts, Candy...Read more -
Autumn Salon 2024
30 Mar - 2 Jun 2024An exhibition of new paintings and sculptures in soft and evocative autumn hues by leading and emerging First Nations' artists rrom the Kimberley, Central Deserts, the Pilbara, the APY Lands,...Read more -
Colours of Country
8 - 24 Mar 2024Sweeps of brilliant colour feature in this wide ranging exhibition of paintings and sculptures by First Nations' artists from Central Australia, the Western Desert, Utopia, the Kimberley, the APY Lands...Read more -
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.
