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Untitled This painting is a collaborative work between Ivy Bidu and her partner Leon Cutter. They often collaborate on their paintings in the Newman Martumili studio. Ivy learnt painting from Ngamarru (Bidu) her older sister and aunty Jakayu (Biljabu) giving Read more…

Untitled This painting is a collaborative work between Ivy Bidu and her partner Leon Cutter. They often collaborate on their paintings in the Newman Martumili studio. Ivy learnt painting from Ngamarru (Bidu) her older sister and aunty Jakayu (Biljabu) giving 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…

Jila (snake, living water) The Western Desert term jila is used interchangeably to describe springs considered to be ‘living’ waters and snakes, both of which play a central role in Martu culture and jukurrpa (dreaming). During the pujiman (traditional, desert Read more…

Well 32 ”This painting is Well 32. we play footy there me and Danielle and we went to sleep. I had a good time.”   This canvas was painted as part of the Martumili Kuulkaja (Martu Schools) exhibition, a project Read more…

Untitled 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 resources; thus physical elements Read more…

Well 33 cook up ”We went to the Well, (Well 33)  we had big cook up with the boys. It was fun and good.”   This canvas was painted as part of the Martumili Kuulkaja (Martu Schools) exhibition, a project Read more…