Name: Edward Badal
Language: Nyangamarta
Community: Bidyadanga
Biography:
I was born in Broome hospital, WA in the late seventies. I went to Lagrange school, then to Nulungu College to further my education and went back to Lagrange. In the late 2000's I came interested in painting my old peoples country.
Me I like doing dot painting, it's about culture, land and people. Sometimes I go out with the rangers to look after country and sometimes it heals all of us being out on country.
The painting I do is sand dunes and claypans. Me I use desert colours in my paintings, that represent the desert. My Mother and my Grandmother are Nyangumarta and my Father’s side is Mangala Side. Both of my Grandmothers were born in the desert country, they both grew me up in the old camp here in Bidyadanga.
Nyangumarta Warrarn (Country) “This painting represents the rocky outcrop and all the different areas of claypans, and the dark area represents all the jurnga (sands) in the cool time, warri. All the light yellowish colour Read more…
Nyangumarta Warrarn (Country) “Nyangumarta Country is home to the Nyangumarta people — from the desert to the seaside. Old people lived and walked on this land, and we as Nyangumarta still look after it today. Read more…
Desert to the Sea “I know it’s Karajarri land. We got Karajarri rock — three of them. There’s a salt place. There’s Bidyadanga. That’s called Black Rock. Did they tell you the story for that Read more…