Tangentyere Artists

Witchetty grubs Digging for and collecting witchetty grubs. You can eat them raw or cook them, they taste a little bit like egg.

Sandhill Camp, Family’s Home, Ntaria This is a little area called Sand Hill Camp. It’s a little area for family at Ntaria (Hermannsburg). We used to live there, but now we live in Mparntwe . Other family still live there. Sometimes we go like for funeral we’ll go round the Read more…

Women Collecting Bush Food Women talking about collecting bush food – where the best places are and the best times, whether seasonal or dependent on rain events – All the women sit with their digging sticks and piti’s [coolamons] around the hearth to talk about these aspects of collecting bush Read more…

Wardapi Jukurrpa ‘This painting is about the way women hunt Wardapi – that sand goanna. He digs holes in the dunes, makes his nest deep inside. Many of the holes all join up. Women hunt Wardapi in the dunes by digging out the holes. Sometimes cover one, and Wardapi runs Read more…

Happy Birthday Emma Emu Dimensions: 305 x 305 mm

No seatbelt Policeman stop the car policeman said what your name my name is Maureen. Policeman said your sitting no belt, you get $500 fine. Dimensions: 560 x 565 mm

Family Bush Trip Family stopping, on their way back to Alice Springs, make a fire and cook some lunch.  Dimensions: 305 x 305 mm

Crucifixion of Jesus Christ Dimensions: 300 x 300 mm

Ceremony at M’Bunghara Ceremony on M’Bunghara Creek. The country of M’Bunghara is depicted as a combination of creek and open desert. Maryanne’s ‘landscape’ is scattered with humpies, with people [indicated by U shapes] sitting down around fires [circles surrounded by U shapes], performing Ceremony. This Ceremony is open to all Read more…

Wardapi Jukurrpa ‘This painting is about the way women hunt Wardapi – that sand goanna. He digs holes in the dunes, makes his nest deep inside. Many of the holes all join up. Women hunt Wardapi in the dunes by digging out the holes. Sometimes cover one, and Wardapi runs Read more…