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Jaigung & Barra This painting depicts a Jaigung or file snake along with a barramundi swimming around a billabong. Painting has been completed using modern acrylic paint and paintbrushes.

Long Neck Turtle 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 Read more…

Catfish + Nailfish Djilpin Arts is a not for profit Aboriginal Corporation that promotes the maintenance, development and transmission of traditional cultural knowledge systems. Djilpin Arts specialises in art, live cultural performance, digital media, and produced the popular performance event Read more…

Wind, Bats & Flowers This painting depicts wind, bats, and flowers. Wind is shown as “v” shaped marks, while the flowers are five white dots with an inner coloured dot. Bats, a common yet noisy sight around Beswick are also Read more…

Saltwater Fish This painting shows a saltwater fish story. You can see a large stingray, along with smaller fish. Gapu or water is visible via the round dot prints. Painting has been completed using a handmade brush harvested from Jarlk Read more…

Crocodile This smaller painting depicts a freshwater crocodile hiding among the lily roots. Painting has been completed using a handmade Jarlk grass reed brush harvested from local billabongs and wet areas. Raark or fine line work is a combination of Read more…

Barramundi & Water Strider This painting depicts a barramundi along with two water striders. Painting has been completed using a mix of modern paintbrushes and a handmade Jarlk grass reed brush harvested from local billabongs and wet areas. Jarlk brush Read more…

File Snake & Yam This painting depicts two filesnakes and two freshwater yams. Both are tasty when cooked in coals. Painting has been completed using a mixture of modern paintbrushes along with a traditional grass reed brush called Jarlk. Raark Read more…

Billabong life This painting depicts multiple creatures found in local billabongs and waterways. At top are two water striders. Below this is an eel tail catfish, followed by a barramundi. At bottom is a file snake. Painting has been completed Read more…

Buffalo feeding Norman is paralysed down one side and blind in one eye, but despite this is always eager to paint scenes reminding him of being on country. This painting depicts two nanabaru or water buffalo feeding which is a common Read more…