Collaborative “The old people, they sit down and paint and tell stories of the old days, and we listen and learn.” – Corban Clause Williams Transfer of cultural knowledge through visual arts is an important way for Martu artists to keep their culture strong. Younger Martu artists typically begin painting Read more…
Marlukururrpa (sturt desert peas) Depicted in this work are marlukururrpa (sturt desert peas), a striking flowering plant that seasonally produces edible wama (nectar). Marlukururrpa are found in the arid regions of central and north western Australia, and flower following the rains. Their martu name roughly translates to ‘kangaroo’s eyes’, relating to their distinctive red 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…
Bush Food “I like to paint bush foods and flowers but I just started painting my grandfather’s Country, I only saw that place when I was grown up. My mother grew up in Jigalong. I’ve been living there for many years in Warralong. I’ve got my family in Newman, stopping Read more…
Jila (snake, living water) “Snake lives there in the salt and comes from Mandora – inside the salt, and travels underground. Hide him out and goes underneath in the direction of the spring country from Mandora and Bidgydanga, in the direction of the coast. He is underground, same like jila[snake]. You Read more…
Rockhole “This is a rock hole coming- people coming this side and people coming round this side, coming to that water hole. This painting is about every rock hole in Mulialla where I used to work and we would walk and get some water from the rock holes and go Read more…
Rockhole “This is a rock hole coming- people coming this side and people coming round this side, coming to that water hole. This painting is about every rock hole in Mulialla where I used to work and we would walk and get some water from the rock holes and go Read more…
Kunawarritji Rockholes “These are the rockholes around Kunawarritji. My mum (Dulcie Gibbs Jugarda) painted the same. It’s my father’s country, he was born at Well 33. I’m painting Well 35 – Kinyu, all the way to Well 38 Wajaparni. This is a big place for us. It’s important. I went Read more…
Punmu waterholes “Punmu, I went there when I was a young girl, a teenager with my mother and father before my mother passed. Big mob of people was there. No building, just little cubby houses [bough shelters]. Long time I been there. These here are the waterholes around Punmu; Rawa Read more…
