Papulankutja the country surrounding Blackstone (Papulankutja), the roads and the traditional tracks the old people walked before they had cars. The different sections of colour define the varying landscapes and formations. It also includes rockholes, camps and hunting grounds frequented by ancestors and family today.
Sharon – My Grandfather’s Country. I paint the land as I look down on it, my Grandfather’s land. I am not painting that tjukurrpa, that man’s story. I paint the land and the feelings I have when i’m on that country. This painting depicts Sharon’s Grandfather’s country. This place is Read more…
Sharon – My Grandfather’s Country. I paint the land as I look down on it, my Grandfather’s land. I am not painting that tjukurrpa, that man’s story. I paint the land and the feelings I have when i’m on that country. This painting depicts Sharon’s Grandfather’s country. This place is 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…
Lukarrara Tjukurrpa In this artwork Margie has painted Lukarrara Tjukurrpa (Desert Fringe Rush Seed Dreaming). This Tjukurrpa comes from a place north of Yuendumu in the Northern Territory where Margie is from.
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…
Wanampi Piuyl Well (Snake Well) The Snake Well is in the Piuyl Mountains, near Warburton. It is where four Water snake people emerged from a hole in the ground and headed out in four different directions. This story is linked to the tales of the famous water snake woman, Kuniya, Read more…
