Puntawarri Lake “All around is sandhills and lakes on every side. You can see the grass, but the lakes are all dry. In the middle is Puntawarri waterhole. That’s the jila (snake) place, two jila. They nyupa (spouses), they darlings, man and woman. They sleeping near to Puntawarri. It’s a Read more…
Little Claypan “[As a young girl] I walked around and went east back to my dad’s area, to Pitu and Nyingkul, Kulilu. Nyakaly and Kunapila. Then I was a teenager. [At] Kunapila, gum trees grow around. I go [went] to this place with my parents and Jakayu’s family, we catch Read more…
Newman Sunrise Workshop on the 18th June with Newman Futures.
Untitled How did you get to this style of painting? “Do you mean, what have I done with my life? (chuckles to herself) To me these paintings are a sense of energy. So if I see someone and they’re happy, I paint a happy vibe. Cos their spirit is happy. Read more…
Rainbow Country “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 Read more…
Burning Counrty This work depicts the practice of fire burning as it continues to be used today through the Martu homelands. Over thousands of years, as Martu travelled and hunted on foot they would burn tracts of land, using waru (fire) as a means to assist with hunting and to Read more…
Tuwa (sandhills) in Puntawarri “I do tuwa (sandhill) in my own style because that’s our Country. That’s a sandhill, that’s the Dreaming- the Jukurrpa. That’s our culture. They stay there and we go through the sandhills at Puntawarri in the car. We go first tuwa, then the second tuwa, looking Read more…
Buffalo Grass “It is a foreign plant that came in on a camel. Buffalo grass came into Australia and now it’s taking over, everywhere you find it.” – Zia-Rhian Dean
Buffalo Grass “It is a foreign plant that came in on a camel. Buffalo grass came into Australia and now it’s taking over, everywhere you find it.” – Zia-Rhian Dean
Home – Bidyadanga “This painting is about my home. A small (block) or flat with one big house. The place I grew up. The tank in the painting was for drinking water and showers. The best thing about it is when I was little, me and my little brother used Read more…