Lunki Season (witchetty grub) Lunki (witchetty grubs) are the large, pinkish white, wood eating larvae of several moth species. During the pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) era, lunki were a reliable food source, forming a staple of the Martu diet, and 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…
Tuwa in Puntawarri “I do tuwa (sandhill) in my own style because that’s our Country. That’s a sandhill, that’s the Dreaming- the Jukurrpa. That’s our culture. They stay there and we go through the sandhills at Puntawarri in the car. Read more…
Night Parrot “They thought the night parrot was extinct until they saw him near Punmu, I like watching birds while I’m out here” – Terrance Headland
Two Countries “Grandfathers Country not far from Well 33 called ngangjirri. Not far, can go up by car. Go camping there. When it rains fills up, then is dry. Two Country’s Ngangirri and Kun-Kun (Kuny-Kuny), Marlene’s Country. Can just go Read more…
Seasons “My paintings are all about the seasons. The Country is always changing. One day you might see one kind of flower and the next day they are gone; they have given way to a new kind of flower. I Read more…
Two Countries “Grandfathers Country not far from Well 33 called ngangjirri. Not far, can go up by car. Go camping there. When it rains fills up, then is dry. Two Country’s Ngangirri and Kun-Kun (Kuny-Kuny), Marlene’s Country. Can just go Read more…
Country for the old people “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 Read more…
Untitled The traditional lands of the Martu people encompass the Great Sandy Desert and Rudall River regions of Western Australia, and include speakers of Manyjilyjarra, Warnman, Kartujarra, Putijarra and Martu Wangka languages. Martumili Artists work in the Newman based gallery 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…