Iwaunytju – Two ladies

“This whole place has nickel and copper under the ground.

Irrunytju Community (Minyma Kutjava) grandfathers place all my mother’s family are there, too many still there.”


Roxanne  Newberry

Name: Roxanne Newberry


Community: Punmu


Biography:

 

My name is Roaxanne Newberry I'm from Warakurna. I've been painting for a few years now.  I was watching my sister Cynthia Burke and my mother Jorna Newberry paint I'd sometimes help them with their painting.  It gave me some ideas for my painting. I love doing aerial landscapes of my fathers Country.  I was watching Cynthia weave at Tjanpi Desert Weavers then I decided to do my own. When I'm painting or weaving I forget about everything and everyone forget about my worries, it makes me feel like me.