Nora Abbott was born at Areyonga, and joined Tangentyere Artists in 2020 after a long career of painting independently and then with Tjarlirli and Kaltukatjara Art. She paints landscapes with a distinctive figurative style, playing with proportions and using a multitude of colours. These paintings are full of life, with birds soaring among the clouds and Anangu living alongside bush animals.
Beyond aesthetics, Abbott depicts her lived experiences on Country; helicopter rides, shopping at the community store after an unsuccessful hunting trip, and memories of swimming in waterholes as a child. She also paints stories passed down to her from her family, and relays the significance of her time in Kaltukatjara/Docker River, NT. She travelled through that Country with her grandfather learning the important Tjukurrpa (Dreaming), and when and where to find the best bush foods. Her grandfather also shared his personal history with her, including recollections of meeting Lasseter for the first time, a story which she now paints. Abbott also holds the Two Women Tjukurrpa, painting the two women travelling, looking around for a home.
