Three years ago, three people with very different backgrounds got together and made the collection of work now known as Kurunpa Kunpu: Strong Spirit.
The people
Tanya Singer, a Minyma Anangu woman and Errol Evans, a Djabugay and Western Yalanji man, live in Railway Bore, South Australia around 700k north of Adelaide. Out on Country ‘there’s just wide open spaces, no traffic and it’s nice and quiet – we can do whatever we want out here’, said Errol.
Errol makes a range of artefacts which Tanya burns and paints, in addition to creating her own (woodcarvings). Both sell their work through Maruku Arts Gallery in Uluru. ‘I normally use mulga and iron woods, and a bit of dead finish, which is another shrub that grows around here,’ said Errol. Collecting and working wood is a lifestyle he enjoys: ‘When I’m out looking for a
