Akatjiri – Bush Sultana “Akatjiri is not always in season. Only after they make a big bush fire and it rains, afterward there’s more akatjiri plant, people go hunting and collect it. I do akatjiri painting because it is my favourite to eat. When it’s brown and dry it’s like Read more…
Murnun (dugong) This design is murnun (dugong). Josephine grew up on the coastal area of Maningrida. She is a Kunibidji woman, a Gurgoni and Ndjébbana language speaker. ‘In the olden times they used to go on canoe to look for murnun (dungong), fish (yokkara) ,turtle (makéddja) and stingray (marnan djupa Read more…
Memories Beneath the Waves: A Ghost Network Story My Ghost Network artwork tells the story of a historically significant area within the sea country of Erub (Darnley Island) in the Eastern Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. This area is widely known throughout Australia as the “Darnley Deeps,” and it is located Read more…
Puli Puli – Rocks Keturah depicts the puli puli (rocks) at two different sites. She paints the landscapes at Haasts Bluff where she grew up and also at Karrkurrutintja (Lake Mcdonald in Pintupi), located west of Kintore along the Western Australia/Northern Territory border. Karrkurrutintja country is an important site of Read more…
Puli Puli – Rocks Keturah depicts the puli puli (rocks) at two different sites. She paints the landscapes at Haasts Bluff where she grew up and also at Karrkurrutintja (Lake Mcdonald in Pintupi), located west of Kintore along the Western Australia/Northern Territory border. Karrkurrutintja country is an important site of Read more…
