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Wurnpurl tali This painting depicts tali (sandhills) in the artist’s country. Tali are a dominant feature in the western desert landscape, where Martu people live.

Pulykarti Pulykarti is in Karlamilyi (also known as Rudall River National Park) in Warnman country, the artist is a Warnman lady. This is good country for hunting marlu (kangaroo) and for gathering minyarra (bush onions) and other foods.

Tuwa around Kunawarritji Pija was born in the desert, near Kunawarritji Community (also known as Well 33 on the Canning Stock Route). This artwork illustrates the sandhills and the vegetation that grows in the desert around Kunawarritji.

Untitled This painting represents an area in Bugai’s ngurra (home country), where she lived and travelled extensively throughout the pujiman (nomadic bush) era with her family. She travelled from what is now Balfour Downs Station, where she was born, all around the Parnngurr area and Read more…

Untitled This is Pukina’s Country- his ‘ngurra’ (home Country, camp). People identify with their ngurra in terms of specific rights and responsibilities, and the possession of intimate knowledge of the physical and cultural properties of one’s Country. Painting ngurra, and Read more…

Blue Hills This painting depicts Blue Hills, which is Miriam’s father’s ancestral country. Kajarra (Kadjara) is the Martu name for the Carnarvon Ranges, which are situated in the Little Sandy Desert around 50 kilometres west of Well 5 on the Read more…

Untitled This is Pinyirr’s Country- her ‘ngurra’ (home Country, camp). People identify with their ngurra in terms of specific rights and responsibilities, and the possession of intimate knowledge of the physical and cultural properties of one’s Country. Painting ngurra, and Read more…

Untitled This is Pinyirr’s Country- her ‘ngurra’ (home Country, camp). People identify with their ngurra in terms of specific rights and responsibilities, and the possession of intimate knowledge of the physical and cultural properties of one’s Country. Painting ngurra, and Read more…