Papulankutja Artists

Joining Country

Tingari Men Tjukurrpa The Tingari Men are a group of ancestral elders who travelled over vast areas of the Western Desert including the Ngaanyatjarra Lands, performing rituals and creating or “opening up” the desert country. They were usually accompanied by recently initiated novices to whom they provided instruction in the ritual Read more…

Kurr Kurrta and Talipanta Loyd Jackson’s fathers Tjurkurpa “Two men were camping and sitting down at the rockhole waiting for those Camels and Kangaroos to come and drink. Them men they block up the gap so them Camels and Kangaroo get caught, they kill em and eat em. When we 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…

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…