Status: Stock Watiya Tjuta Produce Bags (Black on White) These handy produce bags feature Mitjili Naputtula’s artwork, ‘Watiya Tjuta’, and has been made by our ethical partners, Better World Arts. About the Artwork Mitjili paints the Watiya Tjuta tree. Mitjili’s style is unique and recognisable. The Watiya Tjuta in Mitjili’s Read more…
Status: Stock Yalka Gift Card Daphne was passed down the right to paint the Yalka Tjukurrpa at Karrkurutinytja (Bush onion dreaming at Lake Macdonald) from her grandmother, Narputta Nangala Jugadai. Narputta, who was a founding member of Ikuntji art centre and a prolific painter, was born close to this sight.
Kuruyultu In this painting Eunice depicts her father’s Tjukurrpa (Dreaming). It shows the country at Kuruyultu, near Tjukurrla in Western Australia. Eunice Napanangka Jack says about the artwork: ‘This is my country. I can’t remember how it all happened, because it happened before I was born. I have a scar on Read more…
Pintirri Mungangka – Nightsky This painting shows the artist’s grandfather’s Tjukurrpa (Dreaming) story as she was taught by her grandfather himself. The painting shows the stars at night – pintirri mungangka. The place to which this Tjukurrpa is connected is Kungkayunti (Brown’s Bore), which means ‘women dancing’.
Puli Puli – Rocks Keturah depicts the puli puli (rocks) at two different sites. She paints the landscapes at Haasts Bluff where she grew up and also at Karrkurrutintja (Lake Mcdonald in Pintupi), located west of Kintore along the Western Australia/Northern Territory border. Karrkurrutintja country is an important site of Read more…
Puli Puli – Rocks Keturah depicts the puli puli (rocks) at two different sites. She paints the landscapes at Haasts Bluff where she grew up and also at Karrkurrutintja (Lake Mcdonald in Pintupi), located west of Kintore along the Western Australia/Northern Territory border. Karrkurrutintja country is an important site of Read more…
Puli Puli – Rocks Keturah depicts the puli puli (rocks) at two different sites. She paints the landscapes at Haasts Bluff where she grew up and also at Karrkurrutintja (Lake Mcdonald in Pintupi), located west of Kintore along the Western Australia/Northern Territory border. Karrkurrutintja country is an important site of Read more…
Wanpanpi – Bush Coconut “Wanpanpi, the bush coconut. You can’t just eat it because it has a hard shell. When you get it from the tree you have to hit it with a rock to open it up to see what kind is inside, then you can eat it. When Read more…
Akatjiri – Bush Sultana “Akatjiri is not always in season. Only after they make a big bush fire and it rains, afterward there’s more akatjiri plant, people go hunting and collect it. I do akatjiri painting because it is my favourite to eat. When it’s brown and dry it’s like Read more…
Pura – Bush Melon “In my language Luritja it’s called pura. It’s like a heart shaped with black seeds inside, it tastes like rockmelon. It’s like a pawpaw, you cut the seed, clean it and eat it. But it tastes like rockmelon.” – Joyce Dixon