WARMUN ART

Holy Spirit in the Land This image is of the Holy Spirit being in the land with the Milky Way in the skies. 

PURNULULU- by Josie Drill & Dwayne jessell This painting is a collaboration artworks made by a married couple Dwayne jessell and Josie Drill. Both members of families that are T.O (custodians) of Purnululu. Dwayne paints the landscape of his fathers country and Josie makes the dot dots outlines- that are Read more…

PURNULULU- by Josie Drill & Dwayne jessell This painting is a collaboration artworks made by a married couple Dwayne jessell and Josie Drill. Both members of families that are T.O (custodians) of Purnululu. Dwayne paints the landscape of his fathers country and Josie makes the dot dots outlines- that are Read more…

Healing Waters – Yaruunga Jedda has recreated one of her Grandmothers paintings. The colours vary but the story remains the same. Jedda’s grandmother was Mary Thomas. Mary paints about a healing water that is located in Yaruunga (Chinamen Garden) which is South East of Halls Creek. Yarungali is the bush name Read more…

WARLAWOON COUNTRY   Monica was inspired to paint this painting in the original style of her grandfather, Rammey Ramsay. The colours are different but the story remains the same.  Rammey’s intimate knowledge of waterholes, dreaming, camping and ceremonial sites across Warlawoon Country inform the composition of his paintings. Although minimalist Read more…

Warmun This painting was inspired by a painting by my grandfather Churchill Cann. The river divides the Top Camp, Middle Camp, Bottom Camp and Other Side. The different areas we live in Warmun.

TEXAS SPRINGS This painting is inspired by by Grandfather Churchill Cann. He often painted Texas. This is what he said about one of his paintings – “I remember the Texas Springs well – as a kid on Texas, we used to take the nanny goats out for a drink as Read more…

Ngarinjin/Wanjina Spirit man The Wanjina is a creator of country. The snake represents people causing trouble, for example man killing man, so snake comes to deal with them. The Wanjina is a spirit man there were three kind of them that came from three different tribes from top part of Read more…

Massacre- Bedford Down by Jonathon Malgil

Garn’giny Ngarranggarni – Mabel Juli Well this the dreamtime story about Wardal and Garn’giny (star and moon). That’s what my mother and dad told me about that Dreamtime thing. “Garn’giny ngelmang roord-ngarri nginji. The moon sits in the east. Wardal dal gerloorr ngarrgalen. The star sits on top of the Read more…