Balgo Hills Paintings - Art from Wirrimanu

Artists from the Wirrimanu (Balgo Hills) community in far north Western Australia have created one of the most distinctive regional styles in Aboriginal art, renowned for its brilliant colours and strong designs, including complex layered dotted images.

For more information, see our pages on Balgo art and artists. Short biographies are available on the Balgo artists pages. There are also limited edition prints by Balgo artists in the Prints gallery.

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Note that works from the Balgo art centre are exempt from Australian GST, so the prices shown below for Australia and export are the same (unlike on some other parts of our Web site). For more details about shopping, see our Shopping and online security section. All of the paintings below are unstretched.

Theresa Nowee

Title:	Tjurrnu
Price:	$350.00 in Australia and Export.
PA102, 2010
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 45 cm

Theresa has painted her mother's country which is located near Balgo Community. The painting shows Tjurrnu a sacred rock hole surrounded by the different features of the country spinifex and desert trees as well as pura bush tomatoes and kantjilyi raisins). Theresa is the third daughter born to Brandy Tjungurrayi and Nowee Nangala.

Delivery Costs for this item
Australia	$33
North America	$77
Europe	$77

Theresa Nowee

Title:	Puntujalpa
Price:	$2750.00 in Australia and Export.
PA127, 2007
Acrylic on linen
100 x 100 cm

Theresa has painted her father’s country which is centred on Puntujalpa (Jupiter well) near the community of Kiwirkurra. The work depicts the different features of the country including the tali (sand hills), spinifex and desert trees as well as pura (bush tomatoes) and kantjilyi (bush raisins). The central circle is a warniri (rock hole). Theresa is the daughter of Brandy Tjungurrayi.

Delivery Costs for this item
Australia	$33
North America	$77
Europe	$77

Eubena Nampitjin

Title:	Kinyu
Price:	$6950.00 in Australia and Export.
PA123, 2009
Acrylic on linen
60 x 90 cm

Eubena has painted some of her country south west of Balgo along the middle stretches of the Canning Stock Route. The majority of the painting shows the tali (sandhills) that dominate this country. The central circle is Tjurrnu (soakwater) named Midjul. This is the country where Kinyu the spirit dog lives. Eubena would often cover Midjul with leaves so Kinyu wouldn't come out and would also leave gifts of goanna for Kinyu.

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Delivery Costs for this item
Australia	$33
North America	$77
Europe	$77

Nora Wompi

Title:	Kunawarritji
Price:	$2000.00 in Australia and Export.
PA124, 2009
Acrylic on linen
60 x 90 cm

Nora's work depicts her traditional country near Kunawarritji Community (Well 33), far to the south west of Balgo along the middle stretches of the Canning Stock Route. The lines in the painting represent the tali (sand hills) that dominate this country. This is good country for collecting bush foods including pura (bush tomato) and kantjilyi (bush raisin). The circular shapes represent rockholes, as sources of water dotted throughout the desert.

Delivery Costs for this item
Australia	$33
North America	$77
Europe	$77

Veronica Lulu

Title:	Mungarri
Price:	$550.00 in Australia and Export.
PA107, 2009
Acrylic on canvas
45 x 60 cm

Veronica, or Fatima, as she is also known, has painted a big bush tucker, or mungarri, story for the country surrounding her community in Mulan, west of Balgo. Featured here are karnti (bush potato), kunandro (bush bean), tjirrilpatja (bush carrot), pinanyee (water lily nut), ngarlukutu (bush coconut), tjunda (bush onion) and koolipi (bush banana). In addition a series of nuts and berries, such as witjirki, pungunana, pirwa, warani and karlpa are also depicted.

Delivery Costs for this item
Australia	$33
North America	$77
Europe	$77

Helicopter Tjungarrayi

Title:	Wangkartu
Price:	$6200.00 in Australia and Export.
PA115, 2009
Acrylic on linen
80 x 120 cm

Helicopter has painted some of his country south of Balgo, in the Great Sandy Desert. This country is named Wangkartu after the tjurrnu (soakwater) featured in the centre of the painting. Wangkartu is an inta (living water) so always contains drinking water. The parallel lines in the painting represent the tali (sandhills) that dominate the country. This is the country where Helicopter was born.

Delivery Costs for this item
Australia	$33
North America	$77
Europe	$77

Ann (Frances) Nowee

Title:	Nynmi
Price:	$600.00 in Australia and Export.
PA114, 2008
Acrylic on linen
50 x 75 cm

Ann has depicted her mother's country Nynmi, on the Canning Stock Route in the Great Sandy Desert. The country is centred on Minyilpa Warniri (rockhole) and the central circle indicates Minyilpa. Ann's mother would walk between these places collecting seeds and hunting for bushtucker. Ann is the daughter of Brandy Tjungarrayi.

Delivery Costs for this item
Australia	$33
North America	$77
Europe	$77

Miriam Baadjo

Title:	Jupiter Well
Price:	$1600.00 in Australia and Export.
PA116, 2010
Acrylic on canvas
80 x 120 cm

Miriam has depicted a story told by her uncle Wimmitji which took place in Tjatjati, north of Jupiter Well. In the centre there are two eggs which were sung by marparn men (healers) in a big Tingari (dreaming) ceremony. This ceremony called upon the native cat spirit near a sacred rockhole also depicted in the centre. This ceremony resulted with two babies who were born from the eggs. The oval shapes surrounding the eggs represent the marparn men.

Delivery Costs for this item
Australia	$33
North America	$77
Europe	$77