‘This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole site of Lupulnga, south of the Kintore Community. The Peewee (small bird) Dreaming is associated with this site. A group of women visited the site before continuing their travels north to Kintore.…
Mawukura Jimmy Nerrimah grew up in the Great Sandy Desert at a time when traditional life was nomadic and days were spent hunting, socializing and undertaking important ceremonies to nurture the relationship with his land. He moved between the main Jilas…
The Kayili Artists certificate for this painting states: This painting shows many important rockholes that are part of the Tingarri * songcycle. Wandantjarri area features a big, deep hole which Tingarri people (men, women and children) drank from and caped…
Mostly known for her dyeing, plaiting and weaving of natural fibres into baskets in far north Arnhem Land, Alma Abbakoyok’s Yawk Yawk image on bark here shows the diversity of her artistic skills.
The Papunya Tula Artists certificate for this painting states: This painting depicts designs associated with the site of Kaakuratintja (Lake MacDonald). In mythological times a large group of Tingari Men, both young and old, travelled to this site from the…
Rosie Tasman, skin name Napurrurla, was born in the mid to late 1920s, and grew up walking the traditional songlines of the Tanami Desert. Crossing the desert, following the seasonal availability of food and water, Napurrurla travelled the vast lands…
Lucy was a respected senior custodian with a vast knowledge of the waterholes in the Great Sandy Desert. She began painting in 1989, her early works followed standard Balgo methods of forming lines by means of rows of dotting and…
Born in around 1928, artist Kalaju Alma Webou was a Yulparitja speaker and elder in her community in North West Western Australia. She grew up in Pinkalakara, which is the title of this painting, in the Great Sandy Desert, leading…
The Warlayirti Artists certificate associated with this painting and signed by author James Cowan, the then Manager, states that ‘This is Susie’s country and she lived in this part of the desert as a young girl with her family and…