“All the Minyma (Women) used to stay here, they made a camp here. From here they go hunting and come back. They was staying here forever”.
– Sharon Porter
Name: Sharon Porter
Language: Ngaanyatjarra
Community: Tjukurla
Biography:
I like to paint my grandmothers country around Kiwirrakurra. I was painting for a long time in Tjukurla WA.
Dreamtime The term Jukurrpa is often translated in English as the ‘dreaming’, or ‘dreamtime’. It refers generally to the period in which the world was created by ancestral beings, who assumed both human and nonhuman Read more…
Dreamtime The term Jukurrpa is often translated in English as the ‘dreaming’, or ‘dreamtime’. It refers generally to the period in which the world was created by ancestral beings, who assumed both human and nonhuman Read more…
The stripes of life “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 Read more…