This artwork represents totemic finches. These birds herald the beginning of the dry season and are associated with the Ganalbingu clan. Lidji Lidji are also represented in ceremonial song and dance.
Name: Dorothy Djampalil
Language: Djambarrpuyngu
Community: Ramingining
Biography:
Dorothy is one of eight children from one of the first recognised female painters in Ramingining. She has only recently started to come and paint at the art centre, however she watched and practiced with her Mum since she was a young child.
Nawarlah (Brown River Stingray) Aboriginal art in Ramingining, Central Arnhem Land is commonly illustrated through designs and images of animals, plants, and landscape. These motifs commonly reflect the artists ancestral inheritance and their dreamings and Read more…
Djerrk (Bush String Bag) Djerrk are primarily made from the bark of Baḻgurr (Red-flowered Kurrajong – Brachychiton megaphyllus) but sometimes Banyan tree (Ficus virens) and Cocky Apple tree (Planchonia careya). Sections of the tree are Read more…