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: Chloe Stewart
Biography:
My mum teach me to paint.
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…
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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…