Bush Desert and Wildflowers at Kulyakartu “Kulyakartu is my ancestor ngurra (home) through my grandmother and my great-great-grandfather and grandmother. Going out on Country with Nola and Muuki and hearing their stories of Kulyakartu touched my heart — listening to them talk about travelling through Kulyakartu with their mum and Read more…
Dakota Ngwarraye Petrick – Artna Alpeyt (Bush Flowers) These bush flowers grow seasonly in Alyawarr country, some of which are also used in bush medicine remedies. My twin sister Lotoya and I have just started painting, our grandmother Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney has been teaching us, she tells us all about the bush Read more…
Three houses in Hermannsburg ‘Three houses in Hermannsburg, family houses at Sandhill Camp. That’s like our family area at Hermannsburg. The families are sitting down outside watching tourist cars coming to Alice Springs.’ Dimensions: 560 x 560 mm
Rosie – Winboll Rockhole Rosie paints the land that birthed her: the sacred Winboll Rockhole, a place cradled on the far western side of Mantamaru (Jameson) a place where ancient waters sleep beneath the earth and stories from time immemorial breathe through the stones. Rosie brings to life the Read more…
Rosie – Winboll Rockhole Rosie paints the land that birthed her: the sacred Winboll Rockhole, a place cradled on the far western side of Mantamaru (Jameson) a place where ancient waters sleep beneath the earth and stories from time immemorial breathe through the stones. Rosie brings to life the rhythm Read more…
Kungkarrangkalpa (Seven Sisters) ‘Kungkarrangkalpa’ (The Seven Sisters or Pleaides) is significant Tjukurrpa (dreamtime). Its origins you may be familiar with in astronomy and its connection to ‘Wati Nyiru’ (Magic Man or Orion). The roots of this dreaming stems across indigenous groups around the world. The Australian Aboriginal songline is one Read more…
Kungkarrangkalpa (Seven Sisters) ‘Kungkarrangkalpa’ (The Seven Sisters or Pleaides) is significant Tjukurrpa (dreamtime). Its origins you may be familiar with in astronomy and its connection to ‘Wati Nyiru’ (Magic Man or Orion). The roots of this dreaming stems across indigenous groups around the world. The Australian Aboriginal songline is one Read more…
Kulyakartu “I paint about Kulyukartu. It’s my grandmother’s Country. I love painting about that Country. I went on a trip doing fire burning, cleaning the waterholes, and walking around looking where my grandmothers carved the rocks and things. I went with my mum Emily, and SJ (Nuriah Jadai). You turn Read more…
Desert to the Sea “I paint from the desert to the sea. I like doing the little details like the plants. I paint my Grandfather’s and Father’s Country – Nyangumarta and Kulyakartu. I’ve been to both places. I used to go out on the weekend with my dad and grandmother Read more…
Canning Stock Route Area “This painting is about waterholes in the desert where the old people used to walk from waterhole to waterhole in the Canning Stock Route area. All the colours represent the different wildflowers and the brown is the sand dunes. The circles represent different waterholes.” – Bibianna Read more…