Dry Season “This painting is about the dry, when spinifex, the native plants and the Country gets dry. When the rain comes it makes the Country green again. Some animals love dry season for hunting. Sometimes we go hunting for animals for our families.” – Edward Badal This artwork reflects Read more…
Seasons Tracey Thomas Seasons or Spinifex – Tracey Thomas “Yellow is for the fruits when they’re ripe, and blue is for the water. This time I’m going to do one for the hot time – like red and orangey colour for the burning.” – Tracey Thomas This artwork reflects the Read more…
My Ngurra (Country), Jupurr “My ngurra (home), Juwaliny — my language. My Country Jukurrpa, Yirnpa, Yimiri, Yulpu, Kupankurlu, Lyinjalung, and Lungkarung. Big one warla — that’s the area where the old people belong, ngurra. They been come here and pass away. We come here, Bidyadanga — mummy, daddy, all here. Read more…
Kulyakartu “Kulyakartu is my ancestor ngurra (home) through my grandmother and my great-great-grandfather and grandmother. Going out on Country with Nola and Muuki and hearing their stories of Kulyakartu touched my heart — listening to them talk about travelling through Kulyakartu with their mum and dad. It was an experience Read more…
Kulyakartu “I paint about Kulyukartu. It’s my grandmother’s Country. I love painting about that Country. I went on a trip doing fire burning, cleaning the waterholes, and walking around looking where my grandmothers carved the rocks and things. I went with my mum Emily, and SJ (Nuriah Jadai). You turn Read more…
My Ngurra (Country), Jupurr “My ngurra (home), Juwaliny — my language. My Country Jukurrpa, Yirnpa, Yimiri, Yulpu, Kupankurlu, Lyinjalung, and Lungkarung. Big one warla — that’s the area where the old people belong, ngurra. They been come here and pass away. We come here, Bidyadanga — mummy, daddy, all here. Read more…
Seasons Tracey Thomas Seasons or Spinifex – Tracey Thomas “Yellow is for the fruits when they’re ripe, and blue is for the water. This time I’m going to do one for the hot time – like red and orangey colour for the burning.” – Tracey Thomas This artwork reflects the Read more…
Mangala Country “I paint Mangala Country because my family are Mangala people, and they were the last bush people to come out from the bush. This place I paint is Mangala Country, where my mum and family drank water in these places. They camped around, hunting and gathering food around Read more…
Seasons “Rain, dry, hot, cold. In the wet season everything goes green. When we were young we would go hunting for goanna and turkey. You go fishing in the river — you can catch barramundi when the river is running from the rain. They call it Warrampa, in Looma side. Read more…
Wili (My Grandfather’s Country) “This painting shows my Grandfather’s Country (Wili), where they used to walk around in circles searching for bush tucker and water from the waterholes. When our ancestors came out from the Canning Stock Route, they used to see big mob of sand dunes and flowers. This Read more…