The subject of Karen Barnes’s painting are the many ‘jurlpu’ (bird) species that live around Yuendumu. The bush around Yuendumu provides many different habitats for birds to live in, from aquatic species that populate the waterholes, to those that nest in trees and in the surrounding spinifex grass. Some birds, such as Emus and Bush Turkeys are hunted for their meat, whilst others are used as hunt…