Oenpelli (Gunbalanya) is home to many talented Kunwinjku artists. Gunbalanya is a small township close to the East Alligator River in Western Arnhem Land, approximately 300 kms east of Darwin (60kms east of Jabiru). The Aboriginal population of approximately 1,000 are predominantly Kunwinjku speakers with English as a second language.

Oenpelli artists paint beautiful, x-ray style paintings in rarrk designs using fine cross-hatching in ochre (soft, natural earth pigment).