This painting depicts a freshwater crocodile hiding in water. Water is represented by the white stippling effect, which has been completed using a modern paintbrush. A traditional handmade grass reed brush called Jarlk has also been used for the fine outline of the crocodile.
Painting has been completed using acrylic paint.
This painting depicts two eel tail catfish hiding among waterlilies.
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.
This canvas depicts three common fish species found in billabongs and creeks surrounding Beswick.
At top is a barramundi, middle is a black bream, and bottom is an eel tail catfish. All are prized catches, and very tasty to eat.
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.
This painting depicts bats, flowers, and spiders hiding. Flowers are five white dots with an inner coloured dot, while the spiders hide among these. Bats, a common yet noisy sight around Beswick are also visible on the far left panel, feeding on the flowers.
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 multiple lines before alternating colours. Modern acrylic has been used.
This painting depicts two wark wark, or black crow inspecting the nose or entry point of a GuGu or sugar bag (native bee) hive.
Painting has been completed using a mixture of modern paintbrushes along with traditional grass reed brush called Jarlk. Jarlk is found in billabongs and wet areas, before being hand shaped to create the fine line work. Fine line cross hatching is also called Raark and is in Yirritja style. Consisting of multiple lines before alternating colour, this can be found on the two panels behind the wark wark.
This painting depicts multiple spiders, four visible on intricate webs. The middle spider is hiding among pollen in flowering trees.
Painting has been completed using a handmade grass reed brush called Jarlk. Raark, or fine line work is in Yirritja style and consists of three or four lines before alternating colour.
This painting depicts a long neck turtle. Background is Raark texture.
Painting has been completed using a handmade grass reed brush called Jarlk. Raark, or fine line work is in Yirritja style and consists of three or four lines before alternating colour.
This painting depicts a file snake and a Burdekin duck. Both can be found at billabongs surrounding Beswick, and both are seriously good tucker!
Painting has been completed using a handmade Jarlk grass reed brush harvested from billabongs and wet areas. Raark or fine line work is in Yirritja style and consists of three or four lines before alternating colour.
This painting depicts multiple species found in billabongs. Included are multiple lily yams or dattum, a diving duck, file snake and fish.
Painting has been completed using a handmade grass reed brush called Jarlk. Raark or fine line work is in Yirritja style and consists of three or four lines before alternating colour. Modern acrylic paint has been used.
This painting depicts multiple fish species and a single filesnake found in billabongs. Visible fish include long tom, barramundi and an eel-tail catfish.
Painting has been completed using a handmade grass reed brush called Jarlk which is harvested from local billabongs and wet areas. Raark or fine line work is in Yirritja style and consists of multiple lines before alternating colour.
Modern acrylic paint has been used.
Modern acrylic paint has been used.