Rrugurrgurda (mud crab) * Burarra This design tells the story of Elizabeth’s homeland – a dreaming place, a good dreaming place with plenty of mud crabs. Elizabeth’s homeland lies east of Maningrida, at the mouth of the Blyth river. This Read more…
Bawáliba (Stone Country Mimih) “Bawáliba is the djang (Dreaming) of my mother and my uncles. They are good spirits, they protect us and they recognise families. They are really tall- just like human beings, like us. They dance late at Read more…
Kunkurra (Spiral Wind) ‘My designs, they are all alive living up in my head’- Janet Marawarr Janet Marawarr has depicted kunkurra, the spiralling wind associated with several sites in the Kardbam clan. On one level, this design can be interpreted Read more…
Buliya (catfish) Buliya (catfish) are a favourite fish for Yolngu, They are often depicted amongst the waterlillies, leeches and natural debris such as leaves and reeds.
Salt Flats There are many Salt flats in the Pilbara.This painting depicts the water flowing underneath with the salt forming on top in ripples to show the movement of the ocean.
My Journey Back Home “My Journey Back Home is about my trip back home. It’s a 10-hour drive back, sometimes it takes longer so we need to camp halfway.” – Ciarn Dean-Bullen Martumili Artists work with over three hundred artists Read more…
Untitled This is Dale’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…
Mungili “No one goes there and sees that landscape. Only two, Mr and Mrs [refers to footsteps in painting]. They was walking to see if the water was in there. Walking on the creek sand, they see the colours and Read more…
Puntawarri Waterhole “We drink water at Puntawarri. We clean and dig that waterhole. This Country is Puntawarri. My nanna, Dadda, taught me to paint this Country. Puntawarri is important because it is my pop’s, my nannas’ husband’s, place. They camped Read more…
Rollah “This one’s a little block where I grew up, in Bidyadanga. It reminds me of when I was little, we used to play in the old chicken house. Reminds me of home.” – Ciarn Dean-Bullen Martumili Artists work with Read more…