Artists at Warmun use earth pigments from their Kimberley country mixing ochres into a full range of colours. The work draws on traditional and contemporary Ngarrangkarni (Dreaming) stories and artists’ life experiences. Warmun Art Centre was established in 1998.
The Community was home to leading Indigenous artists Rover Thomas, Queenie McKenzie, Paddy Jaminji, Jack Britten and Hector Jandany, who passed on many of the traditional stories and painting techniques. Now internationally renowned ochre painters like Lena Nyadbi, Patrick Mung Mung, Mick Jawalji, Mabel Juli, Shirley Purdie, Madigan Thomas, Gordon Barney, Phyllis Thomas, Churchill Cann, Beerbee Mungnari, Rusty Peters and Betty Carrington lead the way for a group of more than sixty emerging and younger artists.

The Warmun Art Centre provides artists with economic independence and the opportunity to share Gija culture and country with visitors. The Centre – formerly located in the original Turkey Creek Post Office – has an new architect-designed gallery space that opened in 2007.