Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)

Spring Time

Fremantle Dockers

Spinifex “When I went back to County, I thought how beautiful the spinifex was. How the sun glazed against the spinifex. The County that I speak of is Jilukurru, my grandfather’s country.” – Kathleen Maree Sorenson Martu Country is dominated by striking permanent tali (sandhills) covered with spinifex, gums, 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…

Marapinti (Marrapinti) “Marapinti, close to Kiwirkurra. That’s my auntie’s ngurra (home Country, camp), her Jukurrpa (Dreaming). Most of that area is sandhill, with a big rock on the side. Very sacred place- no man can go. That’s a woman’s place. The Seven Sisters were there. They still there, they stayed Read more…

Jalura (Clouds), Kumpupirntily (Kumpupintily, Lake Disappointment) “All the flowers, little rockholes. All the flowers are nice colours. Some good bush tucker [here] too, also here is the jirntu (sun) going down and stars coming up.” – Helen Dale Samson This painting depicts all of the jalura (clouds) and the different colours of the sky above Read more…

Karanyal (Canning Stock Route Well 20) “My ngurra (home Country, camp), I been born near to Karanyal, my mother’s Country. Mummy been travelling here.” – Ngamaru Bidu Karanyal (Canning Stock Route Well 20) is located between Parnngurr Aboriginal Community and Kumpupirntily (Kumpupintily, Lake Disappointment). This site lies within Ngamaru’s ngurra Read more…

Mum, The Boss, My Daughter and the Wanti (Woman, Girl)- Sylvia Wilson “It’s pretty much the line of thought of my family. So that’s my daughter and then my granny- ‘Nan Nan’ they call her- and then my mum, SW. And that’s my nanna Lorna. It’s pretty much the line 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…

Wet Season