Urnapai This painting depicts some large yinta (rockholes with permanent water) in the artist’s country, called Urnapai & Wirltun. This work depicts a yinta (permanent spring) within the artists’ ngurra (home Country, camp), typically represented with circular forms. Yinta represent a reliable source of water and were traditionally used as 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…
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…
Kartarru (Blue Hills Station, Canning Stock Route Well 24) At Kartarru (Blue Hills Station, Canning Stock Route Well 24) located northeast of Kumpupirntily (Kumpupintily, Lake Disappointment), good drinking water is reliably available, and minyarra (bush onion) grows in seasonal abundance. For these reasons the site was a popular camping area Read more…
Wurnanjarra The artist has painted some of her grandother’s country, known as Wurnanjarra. Wurnanjarra is where Karlamilyi, or Rudall River, runs underground; this is depicted as the dark blue area. Large tuwa, or sand hills are found in this area also.
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…
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…
Kunawarritji (Canning Stock Route Well 33) “I learnt how to paint in Kunawarritji; I’ve been painting here. I go to Punmu, Jigalong and Parnngurr, but I always go home to Kunawarritji. I learnt how to paint in Kunawarritji. [When I was young] I was walking around Kunawarritji and Kun Kun, Read more…
Wurnpurl tali This painting depicts tali (sandhills) in the artist’s country. Tali are a dominant feature in the western desert landscape, where Martu people live.
Pulykarti Pulykarti is in Karlamilyi (also known as Rudall River National Park) in Warnman country, the artist is a Warnman lady. This is good country for hunting marlu (kangaroo) and for gathering minyarra (bush onions) and other foods.