”My painting is about Well 32”
This canvas was painted as part of the Martumili Kuulkaja (Martu Schools) exhibition, a project designed to engage and celebrate the schools of the remote Martu communities.
Name: Jason Jones
Language: Manjilyjarra
Community: Kunawarritji
Biography:
I like playing football and I like riding our four wheeler. I have a dog and his name is Diesel. I have two little sisters. I like listening to my Grandfather, Maurice, telling stories about when he was a young man. He was a stock man.
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