Kulyakartu “I paint mainly about Kulyakartu Country and Kirriwirri Country. Both are in the Great Sandy Desert in the Pilbara. These places mean home to me — Ancestors’ homes, my family’s home, my nanna’s home. I paint because we don’t get out on this Country often and painting is a Read more…
Bush Medicine “This is a painting about bush medicine. It’s been boiled up. You boil it up and it turns into a burgundy sort of colour. Smells like eucalyptus. It is used for sores, rash, any skin condition. It’s a white gum tree.” – Georgina Walbidi This artwork honours the 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…
Yulpu “The story is about Yulpu — old people’s ngurra (home Country, camp). They were walking around together, looking after each other — malpa (keeping each other company). You know, women carrying water on their heads with a piti (bowl) and carrying gigi (children) on their backs. That was pujiman Read more…
Nyangumarta Warrarn (Country) “This painting represents the rocky outcrop and all the different areas of claypans, and the dark area represents all the jurnga (sands) in the cool time, warri. All the light yellowish colour represents the paru (spinifex). I like to go out working with the rangers and all Read more…
Nyangumarta Warrarn (Country) “Nyangumarta Country is home to the Nyangumarta people — from the desert to the seaside. Old people lived and walked on this land, and we as Nyangumarta still look after it today. We go out on Country, hunting and living from the traditional foods of the land. Read more…
Desert to the Sea “I know it’s Karajarri land. We got Karajarri rock — three of them. There’s a salt place. There’s Bidyadanga. That’s called Black Rock. Did they tell you the story for that place?” – Bernadette Thomas This artwork reflects the artist’s connection to Bidyadanga, a place where Read more…
What I Capture “What I capture is my inner belief as a Native Aboriginal Australian woman — a feeling of belonging to something bigger than myself. My work reflects that sense of connection. What inspires your belief?” “Women coming together as one — sharing knowledge, wisdom and kinship through activities, Read more…
What I Capture “What I capture is my inner belief as a Native Aboriginal Australian woman — a feeling of belonging to something bigger than myself. My work reflects that sense of connection. What inspires your belief?” “Women coming together as one — sharing knowledge, wisdom and kinship through activities, Read more…
Claypans and Spinifex “This painting is about the claypans and spinifex in the dry season time, 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 Read more…