Untitled “I paint these stories about gathering and hunting in saltwater Country; String rays, turtles, fish. Bidyadanga that’s my home, i feel free camping and going out bush, swimming, gathering oysters, mud-worms and hermit crabs.” – Colleen Jadai Coleen paints salt water cCuntry and dream time stories, all the stories Read more…
Untitled “I paint these stories about gathering and hunting in saltwater Country; String rays, turtles, fish. Bidyadanga that’s my home, i feel free camping and going out bush, swimming, gathering oysters, mud-worms and hermit crabs.” – Colleen Jadai Coleen paints salt water cCuntry and dream time stories, all the stories Read more…
Painting with JP “I paint these stories about gathering and hunting in saltwater Country; String rays, turtles, fish. Bidyadanga that’s my home, i feel free camping and going out bush, swimming, gathering oysters, mud-worms and hermit crabs.” – Colleen Jadai Colleen paints salt water country and dream time stories, all 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…
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…
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…
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…
Untitled This work portrays an area known intimately to the artist, painted here in exquisite detail 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), Read more…
Waran This painting represents Waran, an area of Minyawe’s ngurra (home country), where he lived and travelled traditionally during the pujiman (bush) days. The lines represent the tali (sand hills), dominant throughout the Western Desert. The circles or squares represent different water sources; rock holes, waterholes, soaks and springs, all Read more…
Waran This painting represents Waran, an area of Minyawe’s ngurra (home country), where he lived and travelled traditionally during the pujiman (bush) days. The lines represent the tali (sand hills), dominant throughout the Western Desert. The circles or squares represent different water sources; rock holes, waterholes, soaks and springs, all Read more…