Yartuturma Warla This painting depicts Yartuturma Warla, a salt lake in the artist’s country between Punmu and Kunawarritji Aboriginal Communities. May says, “In the Jukurrpa (Dreamtiume), two wantis (women) went there looking for men. They were singing out there. Then the men found them and put them on their heads Read more…
Everybody Mili Ngurra This painting represents the “Rock hole’ Jurnu, Yinta, everything!!”When the artist was younger during the Pujiman (bush) days she walked around a very extensive area of the desert all around the Canning Stock Route area. They would walk from water source to water source; this is what Read more…
Kulyakartu This painting is part of a quadriptych painted by the artist representing different times and cycles within his country Kulyakartu. Kulyakartu is an area in the far north of the Martu homelands, near the Percival Lakes in the northern Great Sandy Desert. The artist lived out this way traditionally Read more…
Nyurnma This painting portrays Nyurnma with all of the plants in flower. There are all kinds of plants, the warmala (bush tomatoes) have purple flowers. The yellow dots are the grasses coming up. The bare ground is a rocky bit where the plants don’t grow as well.
Emu Tracks to Puntawarri This painting depoicts the tracks of a mob of emus on their way to Puntawarri for kapi (water). Puntawarri is the artists’ mother’s family’s country and is on the middle stretches of the Canning Stock Route, near Well 17 also known as Durba Springs. Puntawarri is Read more…
Kulyakartu “My Country, Kulyakartu. I grew up there, from little boy to big boy grew up there.” This painting depicts Muuki’s Country, Kulyakartu; an area in the far north of the Martu homelands, near the Percival Lakes in the northern Great Sandy Desert. The artist has extensive knowledge of the Read more…
Untitled This painting portrays part of the artist’s country where their family lived traditionally during the pujiman (bush) days. The Martu lived very nomadically moving from water source to water source hunting and gathering bush tucker as they went. They would traverse very large distances visiting some areas in the Read more…
Untitled This painting portrays part of the artist’s country where their family lived traditionally during the pujiman (bush) days. The Martu lived very nomadically moving from water source to water source hunting and gathering bush tucker as they went. They would traverse very large distances visiting some areas in the Read more…
Wangakalu Jakayu and Bugai lived nomadically for much of their youth, travelling extensively around the Western Desert in the pujiman (bush dwelling) era. Often their families walked together for periods of time through the year, typically separating for a time and then arranging to meet again further along at a Read more…
Wangakalu Jakayu and Bugai lived nomadically for much of their youth, travelling extensively around the Western Desert in the pujiman (bush dwelling) era. Often their families walked together for periods of time through the year, typically separating for a time and then arranging to meet again further along at a Read more…