Nyinyiri “This is the rockhole and sandhills. ‘you do my country’ she (Mulyatingki) told me. She been born in that area. They used to drink that water [from the rockhole]. I ask Nancy (Mulyatingki’s sister) about it. They have a rockhole there, like a soak. They drink from it. I Read more…
Untitled “I was learning about painting from school and from watching Bamba’s [Corban Clause Williams] mob painting. Bamba is my little brother. I like a painting about Country, painting my grandfather’s Country- Kaalpa (Kalypa, Canning Stock Route Well 23). I also like to go hunting with my family.” – Robina Clause Robina is part Read more…
Jigalong “This one here. Yeah. That’s Jigalong. I’ve been there. I was working there. That’s good, this one here. Stories, yeah? This one here. I was painting in Jigalong. This one’s the cars. The cars. And the houses in Jigalong. And then the sandhills, lakes. That’s the lake [points to Read more…
Punmu waterholes “Punmu, I went there when I was a young girl, a teenager with my mother and father before my mother passed. Big mob of people was there. No building, just little cubby houses [bough shelters]. Long time I been there. These here are the waterholes around Punmu; Rawa Read more…
Nyinyiri “This is the rockhole and sandhills. ‘you do my country’ she (Mulyatingki) told me. She been born in that area. They used to drink that water [from the rockhole]. I ask Nancy (Mulyatingki’s sister) about it. They have a rockhole there, like a soak. They drink from it. I 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…
Jigalong “This one here. Yeah. That’s Jigalong. I’ve been there. I was working there. That’s good, this one here. Stories, yeah? This one here. I was painting in Jigalong. This one’s the cars. The cars. And the houses in Jigalong. And then the sandhills, lakes. That’s the lake [points to Read more…
Rabbit Proof Fence “I painted the Rabbit Proof Fence and the tracks of the emus. They can’t get through because the gate is closed. If they can’t get through they go back to the sand hills. We still see that Rabbit Proof Fence out there, it goes to Jilakurru then Read more…