Tali and Bush Flower This painting is about the tali (Sandhills) and the bush flowers that come out after the hot weather rain. There are families staying together and going hunting and collecting seed and bush food. It is my grandfather’s country.
Boab Flower This painting is of boab flowers. Growing up in Jimbalakudunj, during rain season, us girls would go off playing in the bush. At the end of the day we’d come back shirt full of boab flowers. The adults would tell us how to throw them far away from Read more…
Tali and Bush Flower This painting is about the tali (Sandhills) and the bush flowers that come out after the hot weather rain. There are families staying together and going hunting and collecting seed and bush food. It is my grandfather’s country.
Gogo Station This is about Gogo station on the old road. When I was young we were living there. We used to collect the coloured rocks from the hills, all different colours. Our mothers too and parents collected stones. We would gift it to our teachers and people as a Read more…
Hill Country THIS IS A WATERHOLE NEAR BLACKSTONE. TRAVELLING THROUGH COUNTRY WITH MY FAMILIES SHOWING ME MY GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDFATHER COUNTRY. COLOURS OF FLOWERS, TREES AND GRASS.
Seed Collecting – Makurra Makurra is my favourite season. After the rains have passed, makurra (cold weather) has come full of blossoms. The seeds are now fully formed and have started to bloom brightening up the the country side with beautiful colours. I paint the seed collecting because I take my Read more…
Jameson Waterhole Waterhole and hills, flowers and rocks on this country. Its from my mum and dad’s side at Blackstone. This is Jameson where I used to walk around when I was a kid.
MARTUWARRA Sonia was born by a billabong at Noonkanbah community. Her parents were Walmajarri whose movements led them to live by the Fitzroy River. Sonia has lived most her life at Noonkanbah. A compulsive artist, Sonia for a long time was a teacher’s aid at the local school where she Read more…
