Ngari 2008 The circular motif in this painting depict ngari, the entrance to honey ants’ hole. Ngari also means honey ant. The honey ants are dug up after rain when the ground is soft. They are a sweet and popular delicacy during the rainy summer season.
Tawal Tjunka Lewis is from Papulankutja/Blackstone. He is famous for his beautiful wood carving and spear making. He worked for many years in Blackstone and originally painted with Papulankutja Artists until he went to Wanarn. This painting is from Tjunka’s country. Tommy Mitchell says this painting is about Tjunka’s country Read more…
Tingari Men Ben Holland was born at Kiritjiti. His country is around Kiritjiti and Yanpan, near Mantamaru. This painting depicts the Tingari Men, a group of ancestral elders who – in the Dreaming – travelled over vast areas of the Western Desert, performing rituals and creating or “opening up” the Read more…
Wakalpuka Tjunka Lewis is from Papulankutja/Blackstone. He is famous for his beautiful wood carving and spear making. He worked for many years in Blackstone and originally painted with Papulankutja Artists until he went to Wanarn. This painting is from Tjunka’s country. Tommy Mitchell says this painting is about Tjunka’s country Read more…
Mantamaru Rachel Jennings is a Warburton woman. Her sister Eunice Porter lives in Warakurna and she sometimes comes to visit her and paints for Warakurna Artists. Rachel also paints for the Warburton Arts project. This painting is about a special place near Mantamaru. There are several clay pans and when Read more…
Lake Baker Neville McArthur is from Warburton and now resides at Wanarn Aged Care. This painting is about a Kunyia that travelled all the way from Kuru Alala to Lake Baker.
Lapaku Joyce McLean’s painting depicts country of Lapaku, the rockhole where she was born. Lapaku is an important site nestled along the Rawlinson Ranges – about 50kms west of Warakurna..
Lake Baker Neville McArthur was born at Tutana a rockhole in the Spinifex Country South of Warburton. He has lived most of his life in Patjarr and Warburton but now resides in Wanarn. Neville paints tjukurrpa from his homeland in Spinifex Country such as Wilpina (Lake Baker, South-West of Warburton) Read more…
Lapaku Joyce McLean’s painting depicts country of Lapaku, the rockhole where she was born. Lapaku is an important site nestled along the Rawlinson Ranges – about 50kms west of Warakurna..
Elaine Papulankutja Dreaming Elaine is a painter from Papulankutja (Blackstone) who now resides at Wanarn Aged Care. Elaine paints tjukurrpa from her country of Papulankutja, which includes songlines for associated tjukurrpa of Wati Kutjarra and Lirru – carpet python dreaming. Warakurna Artists works closely with Wanarn Aged Care Facility to conduct Read more…