Name: TOMMY CARROLL
Language: Gija, Kimberley Kriol
Community: Warmun
Biography:
Tommy Carroll was born on Doon Doon Station, 100 kilometres north of Warmun Community. His bush name is Balabany. As a young boy he worked as a stockman at Doon Doon and throughout his youth he also worked on Bow River and Lissadell Stations. He also used to assist the Outstation Manager at Warmun Community. Tommy commenced painting in late 1999, inspired to do so by his wife, Katie Cox, another emerging Warmun artist. He says that painting makes him think about his country and the Ngarrangkarni (Dreaming) stories and about the places he used to visit as a child and when he was working as a stockman. Tommy Carroll's works are often dark and brooding. He uses heavy concentrations of black charcoal and red natural ochres. The majority of Tommy's painting derive from stories near or around Doon Doon Station, and primarily stories associated with the Ngarrangkarni (Dreaming).
Cyclone Tracy – Jane Tinmarie-Yalunga This is my old man’s [Rover Thomas] story about Cyclone Tracy in Darwin in 1974, two years after I was born. Rover got his joonba, Goorirr Goorirr , from this Cyclone. Read more…
BOOLARGYEE, Picinniny & Cathedral Gorge- Purnululu- by Dwayne Jessell Story Inspired by Jack Britten- Dwayne Jessell’s adopting father. This is my father’s country- Jack Britten The hills in the foreground are the limestone hills found Read more…
Birnoo Country- Lorraine Daylight This is a painting of Birnoo Country – Birnoo is on what is now known as Alice Downs Station and belonged to Lorraine’s paternal grandmother. Lorraine was taught to paint this Read more…