Yiranang “Yiranang claypan, near [Canning Stock Route] Well 24. It’s a [seed] grinding place. You know that kalaru (samphire, salt bush)? Green one, it grows in the Kaalpa (Kalypa, Canning Stock Route Well 23) area. He grows there, I’ll show you. You make a damper from him. But no kalaru there in Yiranang. All Read more…
Rollah Outstation “This one’s a little block where I grew up, near Bidyadanga. It reminds me of when I was little, we used to play in the old chicken house. Reminds me of home. That tank I always paint, that’s the water tank. The water we get from the tank, Read more…
Reef Martumili Artists work with over three hundred artists from remote Martu Aboriginal communities, including Punmu, Parnngurr, Kunawarritji, Jigalong, Irrungadji (Nullagine), and Warralong, as well as from the Parnpajinya (Newman) gallery and studio spaces. Known for their diverse, energetic, and unmediated painting styles, their works reflect the dramatic geography and Read more…
Reef Martumili Artists work with over three hundred artists from remote Martu Aboriginal communities, including Punmu, Parnngurr, Kunawarritji, Jigalong, Irrungadji (Nullagine), and Warralong, as well as from the Parnpajinya (Newman) gallery and studio spaces. Known for their diverse, energetic, and unmediated painting styles, their works reflect the dramatic geography and Read more…
Sunset This work portrays an area known to the artist, painted here from memory. During the pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) era one’s survival depended on their intimate knowledge of the location of resources; thus physical elements of Country, such as sources of kapi (water), tali (sandhills), and different varieties of Read more…
Rollah “This one’s a little block where I grew up, near Bidyadanga. It reminds me of when I was little, we used to play in the old chicken house. Reminds me of home. That tank I always paint, that’s the water tank. The water we get from the tank, it’s Read more…
Rollah “This one’s a little block where I grew up, near Bidyadanga. It reminds me of when I was little, we used to play in the old chicken house. Reminds me of home. That tank I always paint, that’s the water tank. The water we get from the tank, it’s Read more…
Water Flow “When I paint with these colours and in this style, it reminds me of when I was back in Bidgydanga, watching the water and currents flow.” – Ciarn Dean-Bullen “When Martu paint, it’s like a map. Martu draw story on the ground and on the canvas, and all the Read more…
Rollah Water Tank “This one’s a little block where I grew up, near Bidyadanga. It reminds me of when I was little, we used to play in the old chicken house. Reminds me of home. That tank I always paint, that’s the water tank. The water we get from the Read more…
Rollah Water-Tank “This one’s a little block where I grew up, near Bidyadanga. It reminds me of when I was little, we used to play in the old chicken house. Reminds me of home. That tank I always paint, that’s the water tank. The water we get from the tank, Read more…