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My Grandfather Rammey Ramsay country – WARLAWOON This painting was inspired by Monica Cann’s grandfather- Mr. Rammey Ramsey- senior Gija man of Jungoora skin, whose ancestral Country lies to the west of Bedford Downs near Elgee Cliffs. Ramsey said: “This Read more…

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Garn’giny Ngarranggarni – Mabel Juli Well this the dreamtime story about Wardal and Garn’giny (star and moon). That’s what my mother and dad told me about that Dreamtime thing. “Garn’giny ngelmang roord-ngarri nginji. The moon sits in the east. Wardal Read more…

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Bush Flowers The artists of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories sit. These bush flowers grow seasonly in Alyawarr country, some of which are also used in Read more…

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Springvale near Mabel Downs “Well this one you know, our land, well before, no Gardiya (whitefella) was coming before… so I drew this one, like our ancestors from the Ngarrangarni (dreamtime), they lived in the cave, that’s their home, from Read more…

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My Country – Diane Kemarre Ross The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories sit. “This is my country, it’s the country around Irrultja. This is Read more…

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My Grandmothers Country-Elizabeth Ngwarra Bonney I still hunt my Grand Mothers country for goanna, bush medicine and yams. I hunt all year round, hunting and walking through the country makes me happy.  When I look at the distant hills I Read more…

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Great Grandmothers Country – Gunderson Kemarre Lewis I paint my Great Grandmothers country around Canteen Creek.  Long time ago she hunted around this soakage in this country.   When I paint, I paint that country, the soakage the bushflowers the sandhills Read more…

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