Topsy Steppa-Beasley

Topsy Steppa-Beasley was born at Hatches Creek in the Davenport Ranges circa 1932, and is now one of the most senior painters living in Wutunugurra. She has been painting with the Epenarra artist collective for decades and has developed an initiative and heavily textural painting style which she uses to depict a wide range of subjects, often focusing on particular species of flora and fauna. Topys' choice of subject has had significant influence on younger members of the Epenarra artists collective, many of whom have followed her lead in using art as a vessel for multigenerational knowledge sharing.

Courtesy of Barkly Regional Arts