Nyurnma (Freshly Burnt Country), Jurnpa (Ashes) “After the waru (fire) the wiliny (wind) comes through and blows all the jurnpa (ashes). The rain comes and makes it wet. Jurnpa everywhere, ready for yukuri (green grass, vegetation).” – Ngamaru Bidu This work depicts the practice of fire burning as it continues to be used today through the Martu homelands, Read more…
My Nana This piece portrays Owens Nana, Jakayu Biljabu (Dec.) “It’s different, really different for Marty to do portraiture. I wanna paint a portrait that looks like ’em, we get the reaction, like, woah that’s me!, and it makes me feel good inside. Makes me happy” -Owen John Biljabu
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…
Wildflower season at Mungilli Rock Holes “I was swimming there. Yeah, we go visit them a long time [ago]. We drink it, rain water from the rain. Big waterhole. It’s a fresh water, when the rain comes, fills it up. One for swimming and another rock hole for drinking.” – Read more…
Wildflowers near Jigalong This is Dale’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 Read more…
Claypan “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…
Wildflowers This is Dale’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…
Womerina, a claypan near Wongina mine “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 Read more…
Karlamilyi “My family walked around this country. They came from there, They met another family member there, My grandmother and my grandfather. This is Karlamilyi and this is a lake. The foot prints are the family walking around. Like me but I travil in the car. My uncle been born Read more…
Nganyangu Kuwutjarra The term Jukurrpa is often translated in English as the ‘dreaming’, or ‘dreamtime’. It refers generally to the period in which the world was created by ancestral beings, who assumed both human and nonhuman forms. These beings shaped what had been a formless landscape; creating waters, plants, animals, Read more…