Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)

Screen print Tamisha and Montana experimentation with screenprinting techniques as part of the artworker-training trip to Melbourne in 2019 at Negative Press studio.

Screen print Tamisha and Montana experimentation with screenprinting techniques as part of the artworker-training trip to Melbourne in 2019 at Negative Press studio.

Screen print Tamisha and Montana experimentation with screenprinting techniques as part of the artworker-training trip to Melbourne in 2019 at Negative Press studio.

Screen print Tamisha and Montana experimentation with screenprinting techniques as part of the artworker-training trip to Melbourne in 2019 at Negative Press studio.

Screen print Tamisha and Montana experimentation with screenprinting techniques as part of the artworker-training trip to Melbourne in 2019 at Negative Press studio.

Screen print Tamisha and Montana experimentation with screenprinting techniques as part of the artworker-training trip to Melbourne in 2019 at Negative Press studio.

Tuwa around Kunawarritji Pija was born in the desert, near Kunawarritji Community (also known as Well 33 on the Canning Stock Route). This artwork illustrates the sandhills and the vegetation that grows in the desert around Kunawarritji.

Untitled This painting represents an area of the Artist’s country east of the Community of Jigalong. While growing up at Jigalong mission, the artist returned to her home every weekend to hunt and camp. Dada is recognised as a great authority in Jigalong and is particularly knowledgeable about Country in Read more…

Untitled This is Mitutu’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…

Untitled This work portrays an area known intimately to the artist, painted here in exquisite detail 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), Read more…