View Of Country The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories, the artists paint their country where those stories sit. This painting shows the layered landscape of Alyawarr, Central Australia. Knowing your country is an important part of living in a remote community like Read more…
Raypiny Dhawu (Fresh Water Story) 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 waterholes made by Wangarr (creative spirits) that were created long ago close to the beginning of Read more…
Bushflowers – Lotoya Petrick The artists of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories sit. These bush flowers grow seasonly in Alyawarr country, some of which are also used in bush medicine remedies. “I have just started painting, Read more…
Bush Flowers – Dakota Petrick The artists of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories sit. These bush flowers grow seasonly in Alyawarr country, some of which are also used in bush medicine remedies. “My twin sister Lotoya Read more…
WARLAWOON COUNTRY Monica was inspired to paint this painting in the original style of her grandfather, Rammey Ramsay. The colours are different but the story remains the same. Rammey’s intimate knowledge of waterholes, dreaming, camping and ceremonial sites across Warlawoon Country inform the composition of his paintings. Although minimalist Read more…
Warmun This painting was inspired by a painting by my grandfather Churchill Cann. The river divides the Top Camp, Middle Camp, Bottom Camp and Other Side. The different areas we live in Warmun.
TEXAS SPRINGS This painting is inspired by by Grandfather Churchill Cann. He often painted Texas. This is what he said about one of his paintings – “I remember the Texas Springs well – as a kid on Texas, we used to take the nanny goats out for a drink as Read more…
Ngarinjin/Wanjina Spirit man The Wanjina is a creator of country. The snake represents people causing trouble, for example man killing man, so snake comes to deal with them. The Wanjina is a spirit man there were three kind of them that came from three different tribes from top part of Read more…
Baru Dhawu (Crocodile Story) Baru (the crocodile man), was from the Gumatj clan. People usually call him Gurdu Gurdu or Baru which means crocodile. He lived his life at a place called Yirrkala. Living near him were other people, and when Baru didn’t have enough to eat he began to Read more…
Spider, Bats & Tree This painting depicts a small component of a longer Yirritja moiety songline. This has been painted on the traditional medium of dried and flattened stringybark. This bark is held in place by two plum tree sticks which helps the painting remain flat as humidity levels change. These sticks are Read more…