Mungkulu Mungkulu is a rockhole located south east of Kumpupirntily (Kumpupintily, Lake Disappointment). This site lies within Dadda’s ngurra (home Country, camp), part of the area which she travelled with her family in her youth. During the pujiman (traditional, desert Read more…
Bushfire Spreading In this painting i have imagined fire coming across the land, between the hills and spreading out – jumping from tree to tree and burning the dried wild flowers.
Kalaya – Emu Dorothy said this story is about two minyma (women) emus. The emu with the chicks is walking past the other emu who has a nest of eggs yet to hatch. In the background Dorothy said the orange Read more…
Punmu waterholes “Punmu, I went there when I was a young girl, a teenager with my mother and father before my mother passed. Big mob of people was there. No building, just little cubby houses [bough shelters]. Long time I Read more…
Talking to Country This is a painting about a yinta (permeant water source). We are talking to the country when we visit. We go to the water, put it in our mouth and spray it out to let it know Read more…
The pinnacles – Hillside station This work portrays an area known intimately to the artist, painted here in exquisite detail from memory. During the pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) era one’s survival depended on their intimate knowledge of the location of Read more…
Kurturarra “Kurturarra is my Grandmother’s Country. Warla (lake) with a spring. Tali (sandhills) all around.” – Beverley Rogers This site lies within Beverley’s ngurra (home Country, camp) through her grandmother. Kurturarra is a yinta (permanent spring) located within the largest of Read more…
Untitled “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 walk, and Read more…
Kurturarra “Kurturarra is my Grandmother’s Country. Warla (lake) with a spring. Tali (sandhills) all around.” – Beverley Rogers This site lies within Beverley’s ngurra (home Country, camp) through her grandmother. Kurturarra is a yinta (permanent spring) located within the largest of Read more…
Untitled “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 walk, and Read more…