Kirsty Tilmouth

Kirsty Tilmouth was born in Alice Springs and grew up in Engawala two hours north-east of Alice. She comes from a family of artists and is self taught, learning by watching her mum and aunties paint at the old Art Centre.
Kirsty regularly paints at the new Engawala Art Centre where she is also employed as an art worker.
Her artwork themes are Bush Tucker, Bush Medicine and Women’s Body Painting. She also paints onto wood and ceramics and goes out and collects niniti seeds and gum nuts to create native jewellery.
She is currently studying Visual Arts at the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education in Alice Springs.