Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)

Night Parrot “They thought the night parrot was extinct until they saw him near Punmu, I like watching birds while I’m out here” – Terrance Headland

Two Countries “Grandfathers Country not far from Well 33 called ngangjirri. Not far, can go up by car. Go camping there. When it rains fills up, then is dry. Two Country’s Ngangirri and Kun-Kun (Kuny-Kuny), Marlene’s Country. Can just go out for the day lovely and quiet, go hunting and Read more…

Seasons “My paintings are all about the seasons. The Country is always changing. One day you might see one kind of flower and the next day they are gone; they have given way to a new kind of flower.  I see the Country in a different way. In my paintings Read more…

Two Countries “Grandfathers Country not far from Well 33 called ngangjirri. Not far, can go up by car. Go camping there. When it rains fills up, then is dry. Two Country’s Ngangirri and Kun-Kun (Kuny-Kuny), Marlene’s Country. Can just go out for the day lovely and quiet, go hunting and Read more…

Country for the old people “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. Read more…

Untitled The traditional lands of the Martu people encompass the Great Sandy Desert and Rudall River regions of Western Australia, and include speakers of Manyjilyjarra, Warnman, Kartujarra, Putijarra and Martu Wangka languages. Martumili Artists work in the Newman based gallery and studio spaces, as well as within remote Aboriginal communities 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…

Mungili Rockholes “Mungili rock hole, big rock hole, big country. I never see that place. My mother born, her and grandmother walk through there, they tell me story. Mother born there in the Country Mungili, walking through the bush. There is a camping spot, camping in bush – bush, bush, Read more…

Nyurnma Martu artists paint Country in all it’s different seasonal stages. Important to Martu, and to Martu Country, is the practice of waru (fire burning); a practice that assists with hunting, regenerates growth, and encourages greater diversity in plant and animal life. When Martu Country burns, mosaic fire scars are Read more…

Untitled This work portrays an area known intimately 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 Read more…