Long Tom Tjapanangka was born in 1929 somewhere near his father's country of Lupul (Frederick Ranges). He speaks the Ngaatjatjarra language and as a child traveled by foot with his family across vast stretches of desert from Lupul on the border of Western Australia to Areyonga, a small Aboriginal community southeast of Alice Springs.

Long Tom has been a senior painter at the Hassts Bluff community since 1993.

Long Tom Tjapanangka is a very successful aboriginal artist with collections in many countries, and his paintings are much sought after for investment and pleasure. He has had an enormous amount of exhibitions, and you can view the full list by clicking on a piece of his artwork below, and viewing his profile.

• National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
• Gartner Myer Collection, USA
• Art Gallery of NSW
• Australian Heritage Commission Collection, Canberra
• Christensen Collections of Victoria
• Holmes a Court Collection of Western Australia