WILSON MANDIJALU

Kulyakartu is a large area in the far north of the Martu homelands , near the Percival Lakes region of Western Australia's Great Sandy Desert Kulyakartu is mostly flat grass Country and is known as a good hunting area In particular, parnajarrpa (goanna), wild cats , and lunki (witchetty grub) are found in abundance here In the wantajarra (wet season) the dry lakes in the region fill with water Wilson Mandijalu | Kulyakartu | acrylic on canvas 91 x 61cm | ART22-239WM

All the grandparents, old people were painting. I would sit down and watch them paint. I was thinking that I could do painting like them. I paint mainly Country—desert area , Kulyakartu.