Name: Courtney McKay
Community: Roebourne
Biography:
Courtney is a Yindjibarndi and Kurruma woman living in Roebourne, WA. She started painting in year nine with paint and watercolour, and never got to keep her paintings as they always sold straight away!
She started painting with Juluwarlu Art Group around the age of 18 or 19, participating in workshops such as the Water Corp animation project where she contributed a painting about Barrimirndi creating the Fortescue River during Ngurra Nujugamu (when the world was soft).
I've done a Yarranga Marni Board my artwork was about the Barrimindi creating the Fortescue River the theme for the Yarranga Marni Boards was when the world was soft. (Ngurra Nujugamu). My artwork got pick to go into the Western Australian Gallery in Perth.
Courtney likes painting because it allows her to learn about cutlure from her Elders as she paints. She also likes to weave things like baskets and earrings, and is currently Team Leader at Juluwarlu's Ganalili Centre in Roebourne.
When the World was Soft the Mingkala created the Ngurra in Ngurra nyujungammu, the time when the world was soft, Mingkala created all the ngurra, the plants and the animals. This painting is from the Read more…
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