Papulankutja Artists

Yirmangka – Yirmangka ( Bush Medicine) This is from a series of small works from our main artists depiocting the love of collecting from the bush traditional medicines and tucker. Dimensions: 61 x 76cm

Kungkarrangkalpa (Seven Sisters) ‘Kungkarrangkalpa’ (The Seven Sisters or Pleaides) is significant Tjukurrpa (dreamtime). Its origins you may be familiar with in astronomy and its connection to ‘Wati Nyiru’ (Magic Man or Orion).  The roots of this dreaming stems across indigenous groups around the world. The Australian Aboriginal songline is one Read more…

Tali (sand hills) Tali – sand hills or dunes are a dominate feature of the desert landscape of the Ngaanyatyarra Lands. The waves of sand hills are formed when sand is swept up by the wind and dumped where it meets obstacle. The tali have have gentle slopes on the side exposed Read more…

Kungkarrangkalpa (Seven Sisters) ‘Kungkarrangkalpa’ (The Seven Sisters or Pleaides) is significant Tjukurrpa (dreamtime). Its origins you may be familiar with in astronomy and its connection to ‘Wati Nyiru’ (Magic Man or Orion).  The roots of this dreaming stems across indigenous groups around the world. The Australian Aboriginal songline is one Read more…

The Ngaanyatjarra Lands ‘The Ngaanyatjarra Lands’, Craig Morrison is predominantly a landscape artist depicting vibrant scenes from across the Ngaanyatjarra Lands. Craig is a self taught landscape painter taking inspiration from the Hermannsburg movement. Craig’s paintings are a celebration of the seasonal changes which bring vast site of sandhills and Read more…

Minyma Malilu (Baker family) Malilunya minyma ngalturtjara maiku nguriningi (the woman from the dreamtime, Malilu was a poor thing, she was looking everywhere for food). She was a crippled woman and her daughter’s had ran off. After much hard work she found mai kutjupa kutjapa (different bush foods). She found Read more…

Wati Kutjarra This is the story of two powerful magicians who came to the Ngaanyatjarra Lands from far away to the west; ‘These two men are always together, always camping together. They do all sorts of tricks when they travel across the lands as they stop from place to place. Read more…

Winboll Rockhole   Rosie paints the land that birthed her: the sacred Winboll Rockhole, a place cradled on the far western side of Mantamaru (Jameson) a place where ancient waters sleep beneath the earth and stories from time immemorial breathe through the stones. Rosie brings to life the rhythm of Read more…

Kungkarrangkalpa (Seven Sisters) – Kuru Ala Kuru Ala is a important women’s sites associated with the Kungkarrangkalpa (Seven Sisters) Tjukurrpa (Dreaming / story) across the Western and Central Deserts. Located south, west of Papulankutja (Blackstone), the site holds deep cultural, spiritual, and ceremonial significance for women in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands. In Read more…

Kungkarrangkalpa (Seven Sisters) ‘Kungkarrangkalpa’ (The Seven Sisters or Pleaides) is significant Tjukurrpa (dreamtime). Its origins you may be familiar with in astronomy and its connection to ‘Wati Nyiru’ (Magic Man or Orion).  The roots of this dreaming stems across indigenous groups around the world. The Australian Aboriginal songline is one Read more…