Kathleen's paintings are energetic, free flowing and vividly intense in their execution of compoition and colour.
Kathleen Ngale, belonging to the Anmatyerre tribe, was born circa 1930 in the artistically rich region of Utopia. Raised in a family of artists, notable sisters, Polly, Angeline and Kathleen experimented and explored with different styles of painting, beginning with the traditional decorative body paint designs of her people, an expression of spirituality. In the late 1970's Kathleen was introduced to batik making along with many of the women in the Utopia region. Kathleen harnessed this opportunity and used the batikas another medium to express the spirituality of her people. In 1989, Kathleen made the transition to paint on canvas with a distinguished style of her own.