Emu “This painting shows an emu, when they lay their eggs they leave tracks from their nests with their nail, tip toeing around. Their eggs are alright for eating, but they are hard to find.” – Leon Cutter
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…
Wantili – Bugai & Cyril Whyoulter “This is my Grandmother’s Country, my Country- Wantili. Wantili is good for painting and telling stories. Our stories are still strong. I wanted to take Bugai back there. It is important place; she hadn’t been there for a long time. My grandmother always tells 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…
Kunawarritji (Canning Stock Route Well 33) Kunawarritji is an important site in the Great Sandy Desert where multiple stories and histories intersect. Originally a spring water and major Martu pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) camping site, at the turn of the 20th century Kunawarritji was converted into a well along the 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…
Juntu Juntu (Well 30) This painting portrays physical elements of Martu Country, such as the dominant tali (sandhills), warta (trees, vegetation), and water sources. Rock holes, waterholes, soaks and springs were all extremely important sites for Martu people during the pujiman (nomadic bush) era, with many important jukurrpa (dreamtime stories) Read more…
Jalura (clouds) “All the flowers, little rockholes, all the flowers are nice colours, some good bush tucker too, also here is the jirntu (sun) going down and stars coming up.” – Helen Dale Samson This painting depicts the different colours of the sky above Lake Disappointment near Puntawarri. It shows all of the 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…
Rabbit Proof Fence “My mother is Daisy Kadibil. She was one of the sisters who walked along the Rabbit Proof Fence. At Jigalong one day, the old people, the mothers were getting their rations. The kids were playing around and Daisy saw a car come, and it took off with Read more…