Mother of Two “When Martu paint, it’s like a map. Martu draw story on the ground and on the canvas, and all the circle and line there are the hunting areas and different waters and tracks where people used to Read more…
Kunawarritji (Canning Stock Route Well 33) Kunawarritji is an important site in the Great Sandy Desert where multiple stories and histories intersect. Originally a spring water and major Martu pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) camping site, at the turn of the Read more…
Mungili Waterholes and Rock Holes “I was swimming there. Yeah, we go visit them a long time [ago]. We drink it, rain water from the rain. Big waterhole. It’s a fresh water, when the rain comes, fills it up. One Read more…
Personal Identity: Black. Red. Yellow, Hand, palm of (Yida) Personal Identity: Black. Red. Yellow, In Aboriginal art, the colours black, red, and yellow are often seen as a visual representation of personal identity. We symbolize the strength, resilience, spiritual connection Read more…
Belonging/Red: Hand, palm of (Yida) Belonging/Red: In Aboriginal art, the colour red is often associated with belonging. It represents the earth, fire, and blood, symbolizing the spiritual and physical connection to the land. This powerful colour signifies the life force Read more…
Healing and protection/ Green: Hand, palm of (Yida) Healing and protection/ Green: In Aboriginal art, the colour green is often associated with healing and protection. It represents vegetation, plants, and growth, signifying fertility, abundance, and the cycle of life. This Read more…
Spiritual; Presence/White Hand, palm of (Yida) Spiritual; Presence/White The colour white in Aboriginal art is often associated with spiritual presence. It represents clouds, sky, and water, signifying purity, spirituality, and ancestral spirits. This ethereal colour is used to connect Indigenous Read more…
Creation/Black: Hand, palm of (Yida) Creation/Black: In Aboriginal art, the colour black is often associated with the night sky, mystery, and ancestral spirits. It represents the void from which all life emerges and the darkness that precedes the dawn, signifying Read more…
Woka (Home country) Representing the three rivers the Murray river (dungala), Goulburn river (Gaiyila) and the compaspee river, on and around my home country.
My Miyagan This painting is to my mum, me and my little sister. the Goanna is mum, i am the crow and my sister is the emu. Miyagan is family in Wiradjuri language