NUGUWARRDING (Snake Dreaming) – Tommy Carroll This painting tells a story about NUGUWARRDING, that rainbow serpent, who travelled and lived around this area now called Doon Doon. Tommy says, “He went up to my grandfather’s country at the back of Speewah where there are gorges and rock holes.” The solid Read more…
Jarlarloon – Patrick Mung Patrick Mung Mung has been turning his brush to his grandmother and mother’s country Jarlaloon, as new memories of these days drift back evoking reconnection and reflection. Patrick says – ‘I’ve bin thinking clear lately. My mind is good and my memories are all coming back Read more…
SUNRISE Every morning I like to wake-up and see the sunrise over my countryside TEXAS.
PALANY ‘This painting is about an old lady called Palany. Palany was an old wise woman, but she also was a mean old woman. She would walk from country to country looking for younger men. Palany started walking from Jigalong, making her way up north, following the Canning Stock Route. Read more…
MY GRANDMOTHERS ‘Betty’s birthplace near Texas homestead. Winnie birthplace in Kilarney hills,’ Roberta Daylight says. Winnie Budbarria is Roberta Daylight’s grandmother, her birthplace is represented at the bottom of the canvas. Betty Carrington is Budbarria’s sister making her Daylight’s grandmother in Gija kinship. Carrington’s birthplace is represented above.
BIG JUMULUNY/ BOAB TREE This is the boab tree was in telegraph creek. But now the tree is in perth. It had a long journey far away from home.
