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Name: Ciarn Dean-Bullen
Community: Parnngurr
Biography:
I like painting a lot, I learned from my dad and aunty. I like playing football and basketball. I grew up in Bidgy (Bidyadanga) i like going out fishing and hunting, i mostly like to paint animals and patterns and plants.
Untitled This work portrays an area known to the artist, painted here from memory. During the pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) era one’s survival depended on their intimate knowledge of the location of resources; thus physical Read more…
Untitled “I like painting. It’s a good way to learn from the old people and keep the stories going.” – Cyril Whyoulter Cyril Whyoulter is one of the most dynamic and exciting practitioners to emerge from Read more…
Minyipuru (Jakulyukulyu, Seven Sisters) The term Jukurrpa is often translated in English as the ‘dreaming’, or ‘dreamtime’. It refers generally to the period in which the world was created by ancestral beings, who assumed both Read more…