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…
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.
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…
Beryl was born in an outstation called Yumurrpa, West of Yuendumu, near the Chilla Well. She walked to Lajamanu and found her husband here. There were no houses here when she arrived in Lajamanu. She had three daughters. Source: Warnayaka…
Roy Wiggan is from the Bardi group in Western Australia. Ilma is a term that refers to open ceremonies performed by the Bardi people and the objects used in these ceremonies. The Bardi’s country is situated north of Broome on…
The Warlayirti Artists certificate for this painting reads (sic) “This painting Nellie depicts some of her grandmothers country Yagga Yagga located south of Balgo. The circle represents a rock-hole where water can b found and the lines represent the creeks…