WARMUN ART

Purnululu

Jimbala Country- Spear head Stones by Kathy Ramsey This is Jimbala country. Jimbala means Spear head Stones, just below the Iron ore mine. The rock is called Loomoogool, meaning Blue-Tongue Lizard. back in the old days.  T part of the land is so strong and gifted to my elders to Read more…

WINUBA – EVELYN MALGIL ‘This is my family place. Hot water spring and cold water spring. That big hill on the background is my family place. That water live all year ’round. That little sand frog, it live for a long time.’ This place is the Ngarrangkarni (Dreaming) site for Read more…

Warlawoon& Bow River Country – Kathy Ramsay This painting represents two countries – Kathy’s dad’s country, Warlawoon, and her country where she grew up, Bow River.   One half is about the Warlawoon Country my dad Rammie Ramsay country my beautiful old artist dad who left his memory with me Read more…

Ngaginyji Joomooloony This painting is about Joomena’s Ngaginyji Joomooloony, her boab tree. “The boab tree we are born under becomes our special tree; this one is Ngaginyji Joomooloony, which means ‘My Boabtree’”    Eileen Bray Joomena was born on the side of a dusty highway along the road to Ord River and Read more…

Ant Hills – Tatum Rivers Tatum has found her voice recently painting these beautiful Ant Hills, at times framed as they are and at others whimsically sitting within an East Kimberley landscape. Depicted in the classic Warmun style but with a fresh new take and colour palate. Tatum was drawn to Read more…

Argyle Diamond Mind Rehab This painting is about the closure of Argyle mine – the right hand side depicts the devastation caused by the site, and the left hand side depicts how we would would like it to be rehabilitated for our future generations. The current rehabilitation project started in 2020 Read more…

Kilkayi Barramundi Dreaming Three women trying to trap Dayiwul the great barramundi with spinifex nets. This is a traditional method of fishing where by nyiyirriny (river spinifex) is rolled and placed in the water forming a kind of net. Dayiwul was too clever for the women and jumped over the barrier they Read more…

Pulimuguwul (Butterfly) Butterfly is the meaning of families coming to visit