Name: Lisa Lalaywarra
Language: Djinaŋ (Marraŋu)
Biography:
Lisa is an early career painter and weaver and is the wife of senior artist Bobby Bununggurr. She is a focussed artist who has developed a very painterly approach in how she tells her freshwater stories on canvas. When Lisa isn’t painting she is outside with the women weavers, harvesting and collecting fibres and dyes to create beautiful fibre art pieces.
Djerrk (Bush String Bag) Djerrk (Bush String Bag) is a flexible, open weave bag made from the bark of Balgurr (red-flowered Kurrajong) but can also be made using Banyan Tree or the Cocky Apple Tree. Read more…
Dakawa ga Ratjuk (Crayfish and Barramundi) All Aboriginal people originate from a spiritual source, fixed in a particular place in their land or the sea. These ‘spiritual reservoirs’ are often in the form of special Read more…
Damilipa (Blue Tongue Lizard) This painting depicts Damilipa (Blue Tongue Lizard) scouring the vast landscapes of Gurrwiliny, North East Arnhem Land. Damilipa can be seen across Arnhem Land all year around. Damilipa is the dreaming Read more…