Billabong Feed
This painting shows multiple animals found in billabongs. Included are fish, file snake and a diving duck.
Raark or fine line cross hatching is in Yirritja style and consists of multiple lines before alternating colour.
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Billabong Feed
This painting depicts multiple yams, along with a diving duck and file snake. All are very tasty bush tucker.
Raark or fine line work is in Yirritja style and consists of multiple lines before alternating colour. Modern acrylic paint has been used.
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Bush Tools
This painting depicts a series of important bush tools. Visible include a few stone blades, multiple dillybags, coolamons or water carriers as well as bondocks or woomeras. Some fire starting implements can also be seen.
Painting has been completed using a handmade Jarlk reed brush. This can be found and harvested from local billabongs and wet areas. Raark or fine line work is in Yirritja style and consists of three or four lines before alternating colour.
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Flying Fox
This painting depicts a flying fox hanging upside down, a common sight around Beswick. During dry season flying foxes come and roost making noise all day and driving people crazy. In the old times people used to hunt and cook the animals, however don’t so much any more. Once the build up comes and “mango madness” hits the flying foxes move on to mango plantations giving a quiet reprieve.
This story has been painted using a handmade Jarlk brush harvested from local billabongs. Raark or fine line work is in Yirritja style and consists of three or four lines before alternating colours.
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BllaBong Feed
This painting has a mix of plants and animal species. From left is a long tom fish; these are very skinny and bony and often used as bait for larger fish species. Next is a File Snake, or quiet snake. These are found in billabongs and wet areas and are a prized feed. Next is a Lilyroot – everything on this plant is edible. Finally is a common house gecko. It is the odd one out and isn’t usually eaten!
Painting has been completed using a handmade Jarlk grass reed brush harvested from local billabongs and wet areas. Raark or fine line work is in Yirritja style and consists of three or four lines before alternating colour.
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Shark & Barra
This painting depicts multiple barramundi schooling. A shark is also visible, feeding on one unfortunate barra.
Raark or fine line work has been completed using a handmade Jarlk reed brush harvested from local billabongs and wet areas.
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Jaigung – File Snake
This painting depicts two Jaigung, or file snakes swimming in water. File snakes are a harmless water snake and good tasty tucker when roasted in coals.
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Two Fish
This painting depicts two fish commonly found in local billabongs and creeks around Beswick / Wugularr. Included is a black bream and a bogong or rainbow perch.
Visual style of this painting is very similar to Frankie Tango Lane as Travis is apprenticing under Tango’s tutelage. Tango painted the black fish shape, while Travis worked with a Jarlk brush to complete the Raark and further details.
Raark or fine line work has been completed using a handmade Jarlk reed brush harvested from local billabongs and wet areas. Raark is in Yirritja style and consists of three or four lines before alternating colour.
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Turle + Fish
Djilpin Arts is a not for profit Aboriginal Corporation that promotes the maintenance, development and transmission of traditional cultural knowledge systems. Djilpin Arts specialises in live cultural performance, digital media, and produces the popular performance event – the Walking With Spirits Festival as well as Concerts on Country. Djilpin Arts operates the Ghunmarn Culture Centre – home of the Blanasi Collection and offers fine arts & crafts for sale. Djilpin Arts operates an outlet in Katherine – Shed 5, where all works are sourced from the Ghunmarn Culture Centre. The Ghunmarn Culture Centre is in the Wugularr (Beswick) community of South East Arnhem Land. All artworks are made by local artists living in the community. Artwork reflects the traditional songs and stories that have been passed down through the generations with a contemporary edge. Fibre art is a special feature of Djilpin Arts as is its Gapu Series of fine art prints.
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Jaigung & Barra
This painting depicts a Jaigung or file snake along with a barramundi swimming around a billabong.
Painting has been completed using modern acrylic paint and paintbrushes.