Purple Emu Art Centre

The Story This is my story 

The Story This is my story 

Love Birds Anne Nunn is Nyungul woman. Her paintings depict cultural, historic and contemporary stories from her Country, the Helensvale and Shipton’s Flat area in Far North Queensland. “My painting depicts the plants and animals that live and grow around my bubu (country). I love going out bush and am Read more…

Kunjuri, shield I am painting kunjuri (shield). Our ancestors used kunjuri and wakay (sword) for fighting to protect themselves from getting hurt. I started watching my grandfather paint when I was 12 years old. He taught me a lot about my culture, and this is why I am interested in Read more…

My Grandfather’s Country – Kulyakartu Kulyakartu is a large area in the far north of the Martu homelands, near the Percival Lakes region of Western Australia’s Great Sandy Desert. Kulyakartu is mostly flat grass Country, and is known as a good hunting area. In particular, parnajarrpa (goanna), wild cats, and Read more…

Untitled “When Martu paint, it’s like a map. Martu draw story on the ground and on the canvas, and all the circle and line there are the hunting areas and different waters and tracks where people used to walk, and [some you] can’t cross, like boundaries. So nowadays you see Read more…

Minyipuru (Seven Sisters), Parnngurr area Parnngurr, now the locale of a remote Aboriginal community, has always been a significant site for the Martu. A permanent water source and a site within the epic jukurrpa (dreamtime) story of the Jakulyukulyu, or Minyipuru (Seven Sisters), historically many families would gather here to meet for important occasions.  Read more…

Status: Stock Banana Love linen fabric SIZEWidth 132cm, 210gsm MEDIUMGrey ink on White Tuscany Linen (100% linen) Our fabric is printed in small batches and is cut to order. For larger quantities, please email us to discuss pre-orders. About the fabric: This fabric is by continuous metreage going up in Read more…

Status: Stock Martumilli T-shirt Clay Brown AS Colour Regular fitCrew neckMid weight, 180gsm100% combed organic cottonQuality cotton grown without the use of herbicides or pesticides – GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) certified

Status: Stock Emu design Emu Design Regular fitCrew neckMid weight, 180gsm100% combed organic cottonQuality cotton grown without the use of herbicides or pesticides – GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) certified