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: Jyreece Yabbie
Biography:
Jyreece Yabbie is 15years old and is a martu man. He lives in Warralong with his mum and dad. He likes to paint people sitting around the fire. Jyreece paints weekly in the High School class developing his skills.
Pangkapirni Pangkapirni is a very significant place to the Artist. This is her Ngurra (home) country where she lived and travelled throughout the Pujiman (bush) days with her family. It is not far from the Read more…
Jartuti “Jartuti water place east of Parnngurr. In pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) days old people walked and hunted there, we went there recently with KJ (Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa) ranger mob, lovely place.” – Beverley Rogers Jartuti is Read more…
Bush Medicine Traditional Martu knowledge of plant properties was encyclopedic, and saw plants used for purposes as diverse as food resources, carving implements, tobacco, firewood, shelter construction, and bush medicines. Depicted in this work are Read more…