Name: Lionel Rarrji Bonson
Language: Wulaki
Community: Maningrida
Biography:
Lionel is a young artist who started to make work for Maningrida Arts and Culture in 2016. He paints the stories from his father and his grandfather's country near Miwirndba. Lionel's father Terry Gandadila, and grandfather Jack Wunuwun were both important artists who have passed away. Lionel now continues to tell their stories through his art. And now his doing painting which tells a story of a footsteps to all painting he done. Home place call Bulawirri, waterhole, fishtrap, wild yams.butterfly and a spear for the ceremony.
Nawarlah – Brown River Stingray We hunt the Nawarlah (Brown River Stingray) during the wet season. There is a plant with a yellow flower that tells us that it is the right time. We know Read more…
Man-ngalinj (bush potato) Man-ngalinj is a root vegetable often described as ‘bush potato’. It’s duwa, the artist’s moiety. It has a bulbous root and a long thin vine with small flowers that grows across the Read more…
Nawarlah – Brown River Stingray We hunt the Nawarlah (Brown River Stingray) during the wet season. There is a plant with a yellow flower that tells us that it is the right time. We know Read more…