Beverly Pula Luck – My Mother’s Country Beverly paints her Mother’s country. When Beverly was a child her mother took her all around her country and showed her the bush medicine and bush tucker. The knowledge of the bush plants has been Read more…
Nancy Pitjara Frank – Bush Flowers I was born in the bush at Ammaroo Station, along the Sandover. I have never seen the ocean or a big city. My mother and father were strong healthy people who taught me and Read more…
Jessie Pula Luck – My Bush Medicine Plants I was born in Irrultja, my father’s country. I paint therrpeyt, a plant with red and pink flowers, it is my family symbol. You can suck the flowers to get a sweet Read more…
Cecily Kungkarangkalpa (Seven Sisters Dreaming) Cecily’s painting depicts an important Ngaanyatjarra women’s story, Kungkarangkalpa (Seven Sisters Dreaming). Seven sisters were travelling from Warnan to Warakurna. A wati (man) spied on them whilst they were digging deep water holes for drinking Read more…
Dorcas – Mother’s Story This painting is about Dorcas Bennett’s Mother’s country. Her mother, Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa, “Mrs Bennett” painted extensively on this subject and here Dorcas reflects on her mother’s work and country and her own connection to this part Read more…
Minyma Tjuta (Nerida Giles Martin) This painting is about women who travel around, everywhere. The colours Nerida depicts represent the vibrant colours of the desert and the wildflowers. This country is Nerida’s mamaku (father’s) country, north of Tjukurla.
Minyma Lungkata Tjukurrpa This painting is a depiction of the Minyma Lungkata (mother blue tongue lizard) Tjukurrpa site just out of Warakurna Community. “Many live young lungkata emerged from the mother lungkata and scattered over the land close to Warakurna on Read more…
Pukurlpatulatju Palyara Pirrtja Pukurlpatulatju Palyara Pirrtja’ we are happy to make painting. Warakurna Artists paintings are fresh, diverse and reflect each artist’s unique style, stories and powerful connection to country. Warakurna is a remote desert community situated approximately nine hours Read more…
Elaine Papulankutja Dreaming Elaine is a painter from Papulankutja (Blackstone) who now resides at Wanarn Aged Care. Elaine paints tjukurrpa from her country of Papulankutja, which includes songlines for associated tjukurrpa of Wati Kutjarra and Lirru – carpet python dreaming. Warakurna Read more…