Name: Owen John Biljabu
Language: Manyjilyjarra
Community: Punmu
Biography:
I started painting and drawing when I was young. My mum and dad bought me water colour paints to practice with. In 2006 I started art classes at Jigalong TAFE. I learnt to paint on canvas and completed my first mural on the Jigalong TAFE building. I often paint stories learned from my grandparents, about country. I like to do portraits that’s the thing I’m good at. It’s the thing I like to do. I like painting my self-portrait or painting friends and family if they give me permission.
Water and Wet Sand “When I paint with these colours and in this style, it reminds me of when I was back in Bidgydanga, watching the water and currents flow.” – Ciarn Dean-Bullen “When Martu paint, 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…
Untitled “When Martu paint, it’s like a map. Martu draw story on the ground and on the canvas, and all the circle and line there are the hunting areas and different waters and tracks where Read more…