Overview
Wanampi - Water Serpent, 2023
Lives: Mutitjulu, NT
Language: Pitjantjatjara
Billy Cooley was born on a cattle station and spent much of his life as a stockman. He and his Pitjantjatjara wife, Lulu have always worked closely together raising their six children and making spectacular carvings on their home land near Amata. They have been long term directors of Maruku, working closely with management for decades. In recent years the couple have participated in many exhibitions and carving demonstrations at Uluru as well as nationally and overseas. Billy and Lulu now take great pride in passing on their skills not only to their children but grandchildren as well.
Courtesy of Maruku Arts
Works
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Billy CooleyWanampi - Water Serpent, 2023Wood Carving
133 x 17 x 20 cm -
Billy CooleyWanampi - Water Serpent, 2023Wood Carving
86 x 9 x 52 cm
Exhibitions
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Cross Country: Art From Remote Art centres
Group Show at Collins Square 8 - 12 July 2024NAIDOC WEEK 7 – 14 July 2024 Chapman & Bailey @ Collins Square Celebrating National NAIDOC Week, Collins Square hosts an informative exhibition of contemporary art from Aboriginal community owned...Read more -
Waru Walkat Junanyi - Drawing On Fire
Maruku Artists 20 April - 11 May 2024For over 50 years Anangu, Aboriginal people from the Central and Western Deserts, have used heated wire to create markings, filled with stories, on their traditional wooden artefacts and tools....Read more
