‘That’s Winuba Spring again,’ Evelyn Malgil says. ‘I just do him different shapes you know, different ways.’ ‘This is my father country. Hot water spring and cold water spring. Those big hills are my family place. That water live all year ’round.’ The waterhole at Winuba holds water all through the dry season, when other creeks and waterholes dry up. This is Malgil’s traditional country. Winuba Spring is the Ngarrangkarni (Dreaming) place for the sandfrog.
Name: EVELYN MALGIL
Language: Gija, Kimberley Kriol
Community: Warmun
Biography:
Evelyn Malgil was born in Derby, WA. At ten years old she moved to Warmun. Evelyn went to high school in the town of her birth and then returned to Warmun.
Evelyn worked on Bedford Downs cattle station with her husband Norman Echo. Evelyn cooked, while Norman was the head stockman. Bedford Downs Station is located southwest of Warmun Community. It is Norman's traditional country.
Following her return, Evelyn has remained in Warmun were she now lives with her five children and her family.
Evelyn is the senior traditional owner for a site south-east of Warmun called Winniper Springs. Evelyn depicts this site time and again, mining the beauty and history of the area to create stunning works.
Evelyn is one of few Warmun artists who uses acrylic paints, combining these bright colours with the more subdued palette of the natural ochres. These idiosyncratic palettes make Evelyn's brilliant work stand out among a host of incredible artists.
Holy Spirit in the Land This image is of the Holy Spirit being in the land with the Milky Way in the skies.
PURNULULU- by Josie Drill & Dwayne jessell This painting is a collaboration artworks made by a married couple Dwayne jessell and Josie Drill. Both members of families that are T.O (custodians) of Purnululu. Dwayne paints Read more…
PURNULULU- by Josie Drill & Dwayne jessell This painting is a collaboration artworks made by a married couple Dwayne jessell and Josie Drill. Both members of families that are T.O (custodians) of Purnululu. Dwayne paints Read more…