Echidna Dreaming Echidnas, or ‘porcupines’ as they’re known colloquially, are common around the Wiluna region. The artist identifies strongly with them as fellow inhabitants of her traditional desert country. Echidna’s diets include honey ants, as depicted.
Bush Tucker The Wiluna region, despite its classification as a Desert is abundant with Bush foods which the Martu people have gathered and lived on for centuries. Bush food can be found on trees and shrubs such as the Kulkula (silky pear or bush banana), Walku or Quondong, Wadja Wadja Read more…
Wildflowers and Dragonflies This painting depicts the story of fireflies when they are among the wildflowers. Around bush you can see beautiful wildflowers that make our country different. At night when we camp you can see this beautiful fireflies as they fly across to this wildflowers and eat from the Read more…
The Last Nomads The story of Warri and & Yatungka, the last Nomads is that of a true love-story.The couple ran away together in their youth, much to the disapproval of their elders as they were from different skin groups. They lived a traditional nomadic lifestyle, in the harsh desert Read more…
Desert Life The painting depicts the story of desert life. Out in the bush it is very hot and the trees help give us shade. When we’re walking along the trees help us to show us our way home.
The Seven Sisters – A Dreamtime Story Pleiades (Kungkarangkalpa) is an important group of stars forming a similar myth across Australia.They represent a group of young women who are pursued by a hunter from whom they ran and hid, moving across the country as he kept following them. They eventually Read more…
Bush Medicine This story depicts Bush Medicine, our families have for along time used bush medicine to heal our mob when they are un well,This tradition is passed down from our ancestors.we take care of country and our bush medicine. The Elders would take us out as children to learn Read more…
Mimih Dancing & Bolung – Marko Work This is an artwork about a dancing Mimih. It’s based on a song line from Korlobididah. My fathers eldest brother used to sing this song line and Unkle Dennis he was a dancer. My real father, Jacky was a dancer as well and Read more…
Jabiru and Manbirrbbirr Manbirrbbirr – In Kuninjku the name manbirrbbirr is used for a number of densely flowering shrubs and small trees including Verticordia cunninghamii, yellow flowering Austromyrtus species and also Acacia platycarpa which also has dense white.