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Daisy Kemarre Moss – My Mother’s Country Daisy has painted her Mother’s country, Kngwarraye country. Kngwarraye is one of the four main skin names of Ampilatwatja. Bush medicine, goanna and many other traditional bush foods are found here. This is where Daisy’s traditional laws lie. Daisy paints her country to Read more…

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Djang’kawu sisters Creation Story featuring mud crabs longbums and lizards This painting is part of the Djang’kawu sisters Creation Story. The details of this story can vary according to clan and/or country, but the central story is the same, which is one of fertility and procreation. The Djang’kawu sisters gave Read more…

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Gunderson Kemarre Lewis – Great Grandmothers Country I paint my Great Grandmothers country around Canteen Creek. Long time ago she hunted around this soakage in this country. When I paint, I paint that country, the soakage the bushflowers the sandhills and the distant mountains. I hunt this country now.

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Lurrpu ga Marrngu in the Mayku tree This painting depicts Lurrpu (Sulphur-crested cockatoo) and Marrngu (possum) in a Mayku Tree (Paper Bark Tree) and is a song line for the Gupapuyngu people. In the song line the Lurrpu feed on nuts and seeds of the Mayku Tree across the vast Read more…

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