Ngurra (Yindjibarndi Country)
Wendy Hubert
100cm x 80cm
Acrylic on Canvas
Old price
$2,000.00
Ngurra, country its beautiful its goonmardii (pleanty of food, good country) We can go fishing, we got kangaroos, turkeys, we never cook in the river, we cook up top. I paint to show people how to appreciate country, to not rubbish it, always pick your rubbish up becauase country will be there forever, for generations to generation.
Wendy Hubert is a respected Yindjibarndi Elder, cultural custodian, artist and linguist. Born at Red Hill Station on Guruma Country, Wendy lived at Red Hill Station, Minderoo Station and Onslow before settling in Roebourne. Wendy met her husband in Roebourne through her work in community health and together they had three sons. Wendy began painting with Juluwarlu Art Group in 2019, and has become a dedicated artist known for her landscape paintings depicting scenes from her childhood and featuring important places on Yindjibarndi and Guruma Country. Wendy has exhibited her artworks in the Pilbara and Perth including multiple Cossack Art Awards and Revealed: New and Emerging WA Aboriginal Artists at Fremantle Arts Centre.
āI know my Ngurra. I know its Laws. I am a Yindjibarndi Custodian, old now, but strong in my thinking and my life.ā Wendy Hubert, 2021