Kunmanara Sammy Lyons was a painter from the Amata community on the APY lands (Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara). The style of the APY communities is marked by great freedom in the choice of colors and in the structure of the works.

Kunmanara Sammy Lyons' body of work is characterized by the unique use of two colors, white and red, to represent the different variations of the landscape of his "country", the region where his community is located.