Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)

Wungkakurlu

All the claypans this side of Punmu “Punmu, Kirly-kirly, Pirninkujarra, [Between these places are areas of] nyurnma (freshly burnt Country), some spinifex, more nyurnma. Waru-waru (green shoots and young plants), green ones after rain time, yukuri (green grass, vegetation). Plenty bush tucker; kirti-kirti (hill kangaroo), jinyjiwirrilyi (wild gooseberry), sometimes jipuku Read more…

Kulyakartu This painting depicts Kulyakartu, Derrick’s ancestral ngurra (home Country, camp). Kulyakartu is located in the far north of the Martu homelands, near the Percival Lakes region of Western Australia’s Great Sandy Desert.  Kulyakartu is mostly grass Country where there is very good hunting. In particular parnajarrpa (goanna), wild cats, Read more…

Kulyakartu “Long time ago  I been there. It is my grandmothers, grandfathers, fathers, mothers country, Kulyakartu.  I am painting this particular place it keeps me connected, sense of belonging.  Tell my grandmothers story through my art.  Where she was born, I’m apart of that.  It makes me feel proud painting.  Most Read more…

Kulyakartu This painting depicts Kulyakartu, Derrick’s ancestral ngurra (home Country, camp). Kulyakartu is located in the far north of the Martu homelands, near the Percival Lakes region of Western Australia’s Great Sandy Desert.  Kulyakartu is mostly grass Country where there is very good hunting. In particular parnajarrpa (goanna), wild cats, Read more…

Kulyakartu “Long time ago  I been there. It is my grandmothers, grandfathers, fathers, mothers country, Kulyakartu.  I am painting this particular place it keeps me connected, sense of belonging.  Tell my grandmothers story through my art.  Where she was born, I’m apart of that.  It makes me feel proud painting.  Most Read more…

Kulyakartu This painting depicts Kulyakartu, Derrick’s ancestral ngurra (home Country, camp). Kulyakartu is located in the far north of the Martu homelands, near the Percival Lakes region of Western Australia’s Great Sandy Desert.  Kulyakartu is mostly grass Country where there is very good hunting. In particular parnajarrpa (goanna), wild cats, Read more…

Kulyakartu “Long time ago  I been there. It is my grandmothers, grandfathers, fathers, mothers country, Kulyakartu.  I am painting this particular place it keeps me connected, sense of belonging.  Tell my grandmothers story through my art.  Where she was born, I’m apart of that.  It makes me feel proud painting.  Most Read more…

Kunawarritji, Kinyu, Kirtipirli, my country  “When I was a young girl, I walked everywhere, travelling along the Canning Stock Route. I walked north and west, around Wana warla (lake). I grew up around there, going right around that Country and all the way back to Kunawarritji. But once I became Read more…

Kulyakartu “My Country, Kulyakartu. I grew up there, from little boy to big boy grew up there.”  – Muuki Taylor This painting depicts Kulyakartu, Muuki’s ngurra (home Country, camp). Kulyakartu is located in the far north of the Martu homelands, near the Percival Lakes region of Western Australia’s Great Sandy Desert. Read more…