Tjyllyungoo

Tjyllyungoo is the traditional name of the landscape painter Lance Chadd, a Noongar man from Western Australia.

His unique realistic style is akin to those of Hans Heysen and Albert Namatjira, to whose work he was introduced at an early age.

His uncles Alan Kelly and Reynold Hart were also fine landscape painters at the Carrolup Mission settlement.

While his work is identified with Indigenous Australian art, his paintings are imbued with these traditional influences through his depiction of the landscapes in his country.

In contrast to indigenous abstractions, also recognised internationally, his work is well received by those without a knowledge of the cultural or spiritual beliefs of the Noongar people.