Annalisa Neal

Annalisa grew up living at Sandy Bore watching her nana paint and when she was a young teenager, her grandmother also began to teach her how to paint.

Annalisa regularly paints at the new Engawala Art Centre where her work is for sale, she also sells at Northern Territory markets and exhibitions and through several local retail outlets. Annalisa’s artwork is also found on the Engawala Art Centre website.

Annalisa has family living at Engawala, Sandy Bore and Alice Springs and has an aunty and her sister who are also painters. Bush tucker and women’s body painting are the main themes of her paintings and she also paints onto wood, makes native seed jewellery and sews.

Annalisa was one of the artists who collaborated in the painting “Walking in Two Worlds” which was purchased by the Attorney Generals Department in Canberra after being exhibited at the Vincent Art Awards, 2016.