Artists of Ampilatwatja
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Shazalea Pitjara Morton – Atyenh Amper (My Country) I paint the country that I come from, the beautiful landscapes and the many colours as they change during the seasons.
Shazalea Pitjara Morton – Atyenh Amper (My Country) I paint the country that I come from, the beautiful landscapes and the many colours as they change during the seasons.
Diane Kemarre Ross – Atyenh Amper (My Country) This is my country, it’s the country around Irrultja. This is where we like to go after big rain. After big rain there, we can go swimming. There is always good hunting Read more…
Donald Kemarre Thompson – Apernelheyel Apernelheyel is to rub oneself with paint or ochre in preparation for ceremony. Donald’s painting depicts the kind of patterns seen on the bodies of men during ceremonial song and dance. “A lot of Lore songs, Read more…
Beverly Pula Luck – Atyenh Amey Amper (My Mother’s Country) Beverly paints her Mother’s country. When Beverly was a child her mother took her all around her country and showed her the bush medicine and bush tucker. The knowledge of the bush Read more…
Sevania Kemarre Bonney – Atyenh Anyany Amper (My Great Grandmothers Country) My Great Grandmothers Country is where we go hunting. We hunt arlewatyerr (goanna) and arwengerrp(bush turkey). After the big rains we swim in the river. We look for sweet alkwarrer Read more…
Saltwater bird Wood carving has always been part of Aboriginal culture and Djilpin artists continue this tradition. Men carved wood for many purposes – tools for hunting or gathering food, axes and knives for building shelters, spears and clubs for Read more…
Goanna Dance Djilpin Arts is a not for profit Aboriginal Corporation that promotes the maintenance, development and transmission of traditional cultural knowledge systems. For two decades, Djilpin Arts has been working on country with kin and culture, across generations. Our Read more…
Little Bird ‘Guklutuk’ Djilpin Arts is a not for profit Aboriginal Corporation that promotes the maintenance, development and transmission of traditional cultural knowledge systems. For two decades, Djilpin Arts has been working on country with kin and culture, across generations. Read more…
Guguk This bird is a guguk. It is the one who tells when the full tide is coming. When it is ceremony time, or funeral time, we use that bird to for knowing when to drop that body. The guguk Read more…
Mago Didjeridus from this region are made in the West Arnhem style. Called Mago, they’re different and special and follow the tradition made famous by Beswick’s Mago Master, elder David Blanasi. Ghunmarn didjeridus are sourced on country, and hand cut Read more…