Untitled This is Mayiwalku’s Country- her ‘ngurra’ (home Country, camp). People identify with their ngurra in terms of specific rights and responsibilities, and the possession of intimate knowledge of the physical and cultural properties of one’s Country. Painting ngurra, and in so doing sharing the Jukurrpa (Dreaming) stories and physical characteristics of that place, has Read more…
Coongan Waters “This is that place where the water stops and has pools in the dry season. You can see that gold across there and the gemstones, all gemstones, these ones next to the gold, and this is the coongan marble, you know how it’s named marble bar? Thats the Read more…
Dhott Works “One man asked me to do an Aboriginal painting for a friend that was getting married in Canada. That’s when I started what I call my ‘Dhott works’ (chuckles). I just wanted to give it a bit of an air.” – Joan Lever Martumili Artists work with Read more…
Dhott Works “One man asked me to do an Aboriginal painting for a friend that was getting married in Canada. That’s when I started what I call my ‘Dhott works’ (chuckles). I just wanted to give it a bit of an air.” – Joan Lever Martumili Artists work with Read more…
Marble Bar Marble Bar is a town and a rock formation in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The town’s name was derived from the jasper rock at the bed of the Coongan River, which run’s adjacent to the town. Jasper is similar to marble in its appearance. Marble Bar is the Read more…
Marble Bar Marble Bar is a town and a rock formation in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The town’s name was derived from the jasper rock at the bed of the Coongan River, which run’s adjacent to the town. Jasper is similar to marble in its appearance. Marble Bar is the Read more…
Untitled This is Mayiwalku’s Country- her ‘ngurra’ (home Country, camp). People identify with their ngurra in terms of specific rights and responsibilities, and the possession of intimate knowledge of the physical and cultural properties of one’s Country. Painting ngurra, and in so doing sharing the Jukurrpa (Dreaming) stories and physical Read more…
Moolyella Rockhol “This is a rockhole- people coming this side and people coming round this [other] side, coming to that waterhole. This painting is about every rockhole in Moolyella, where I used to work… We would walk and get some water from the rockholes and go away back home- get Read more…
Moolyella Rockhole “This is a rockhole- people coming this side and people coming round this [other] side, coming to that waterhole. This painting is about every rockhole in Moolyella, where I used to work… We would walk and get some water from the rockholes and go away back home- get Read more…
Bush Tucker “I like to paint bush foods and flowers.” – Mary Rowlands Depicted in this work are a combination of desert flowers and traditional types of mayi (plant food). During the pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) period, Martu would traverse very large distances annually in small family groups, moving seasonally from water source Read more…