Mother and Child Wandjinas Mother and child Wandjinas. Wanalirri or Wandjina are ancestral spirits who created country, people and animals in the North West Kimberley before turning themselves into rock paintings. They are sometimes called “lightning man” or “rain maker” Read more…
Lyinji This painting portrays the lyinji (clay pans) around Wantili, Wantili is also known as Well 24 on the Canning Stock Route. The area is dominated by clay pans surrounded by tuwa (sandhills). This is the artist’s country where her Read more…
Woomarri – Yulu – Langi – Aru Woomarri (King George River country) – Yulu (Bush Flowers) – Langi (Trees) – Aru (Rocks)
Untitled This is Bugai’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 “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…
Untitled This is Mitutu’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 “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…
Kulyakartu This painting depicts Kulyakartu, an area in the far north of the Martu homelands, near the Percival Lakes in the northern Great Sandy Desert. The artist has extensive knowledge of the country in this region. He grew up living Read more…
Warla (salt lake) at Kalpa (Well 23) Kalpa, a place of great cultural significance, is also referred to as Well 24 on the Canning Stock Route. As a young man, the artist travelled extensively throughout the desert and up and Read more…
Namorrorddo a profane spirit Namorrorddo is a profane spirit sometimes called a ‘bad angel’ in Aboriginal English. The Namorrorddo is a yirridjdja moiety being associated with the Yabbadurruwa regional cult ceremony. Namorrorddo sits upon a rock and is usually painted Read more…