Kun Kun Area This painting depicts Kun Kun, located in the Great Sandy Desert, Western Australia. Kun Kun is a kapi (water) place, also known as a yinta (permanent water source). It is located east of Kunawarritji Aboriginal Community, or Read more…
Wajaparni This artist primarily paints her country in the Canning Stock Route area. As a younger woman the artist lived and travelled traditionally with her family during the pujiman (bush) days. They travelled up and down the Stock Route from Read more…
Urnapai This painting depicts some large yinta (rockholes with permanent water) in the artist’s country, called Urnapai & Wirltun. This work depicts a yinta (permanent spring) within the artists’ ngurra (home Country, camp), typically represented with circular forms. Yinta represent Read more…
The artist has depicted a family of Gwion figures – a male on the left, two females on the right and three children. They are food gatherers and hunters, carrying boomerangs and baskets and bunches of leaves.
The artist has painted a Gwion figure as a bushman. He is carrying a basket made from boab string, wandering the bush looking for mangari, something to eat. The leaf over his head is a sacred bush plant.
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…
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…
Kartarru (Blue Hills Station, Canning Stock Route Well 24) At Kartarru (Blue Hills Station, Canning Stock Route Well 24) located northeast of Kumpupirntily (Kumpupintily, Lake Disappointment), good drinking water is reliably available, and minyarra (bush onion) grows in seasonal abundance. Read more…
Wurnanjarra The artist has painted some of her grandother’s country, known as Wurnanjarra. Wurnanjarra is where Karlamilyi, or Rudall River, runs underground; this is depicted as the dark blue area. Large tuwa, or sand hills are found in this area 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…