Janice Stanley New Works May 2026

Janice Stanley is an exciting and innovative 39-year-old artist from Ernabella Arts in the APY Lands. She is the third generation of Stanley women to create artwork at Ernabella Arts. 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  (Salt Lakes ) near Attila (Mt Connor). in the APY Lands. This is a significant landmark in the Seven Sisters story. This story has been passed down to her by senior artist and 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 Lake that is a part of this arid county comes alive after rain. As the kapi (water) moves across the land it transforms the colour and light on the land and Janice is painting this change and movement.  In her paintings Janice imagines viewing the salt lakes from above.  

With their luminous colours, unique imagery and painting finesse, Janice's paintings have achieved great success  in exhibitions in Ernabella Arts' representative galleries across Australia and internationally . 

Janice's works are in the collections of the Australian Embassy in Zagreb, the Janet Holmes a Court Collection and the Collection of Australian Parliament House, Canberra. 

View Janice's Biography & CV