Golden Tree Snake This carving shows a golden tree snake climbing a small branch. Golden tree snakes often can be found in pandanus surprising ladies who gather this for weaving! Carved using a collection of hand tools along with a modern grinder. Painted using acrylic paint.
Mukuy This carving shows a Mukuy from Solomans country. Soloman tells the story that when you catch fish you shouldn’t take too much… “give half back”. Mukuys travel around at night and if you have taken too much they will go hungry and cause mischief for you. By giving half Read more…
Long Neck Turtle – Nyangura Nyangura the Long-Neck Tortoise is Yirritja. The two sacred ancestral Nyangura are found at a place called Djirringi in north-central Arnhem Lane on Ganalbingu land. The tracks left by the two ancestral totemic Nyangura, as they crawled over the land at Djirringi, is a sacred Read more…
Garn’giny Ngarranggarni – Mabel Juli Well this the dreamtime story about Wardal and Garn’giny (star and moon). That’s what my mother and dad told me about that Dreamtime thing. “Garn’giny ngelmang roord-ngarri nginji. The moon sits in the east. Wardal dal gerloorr ngarrgalen. The star sits on top of the Read more…
Birnoo Country I painted this painting in the style of my father, Mr Gordon Barney. It is slightly different but the story remains the same. This is his country – Birnoo Country (Alice Downs Station). Birnoo is Gordon’s mother’s country. Gordon mustered cattle all throughout this country for many years – Read more…
Rockhole la Birnoowoon Country – Gordon Barney I was inspire to paint this picture by my father, Gordon Barney. He paints the same picture and this is his story…. This Rock hole is la Birnoowoon Country, we use this rock hole for fishing we catchem moot moot there thats the Read more…
Ngarrgooroon Country; My Texas by Patrick Mung In this artwork Patrick has painted the landscape and the places that are associated with his country, Ngarrgooroon (Texas); these places are very special to him as some areas still contains old cultural rock paintings and important dreamtime stories. These places include Red Read more…
The beautiful Landscapes of Bulunggard (Texas Downs Station) by Patrick Mung The painting I do is all about my mother’s country, Texas Downs Station – there’s Old Texas and New Texas, which is the one still standing today. Balunggar is the name of country, the place goes back a long Read more…
Bow River, Black hill – Kathy Ramsay This is Bow River, Black Hill. This Hill is called Black Hill, black name Doorudgi. Its the home of the hairy man called Nyoonggoong. Nyoonggoong protects the whole area around Bow River, Black Hill.