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Wak Wak This painting depicts a sacred site at ‘Kurrurldul’, an outstation south of Maningrida. The ‘rarrk’, or abstract crosshatching, on this work represents the design for the crow totem ancestor called ‘Djimarr’. Today this being exists in the form Read more…

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Ngalkunburriyaymi fish-women spirit #1 the water spirits Yawkyawk or Ngalkunburriyaymi are perhaps the most enigmatic of themes. sometimes compared to the European notion of mermaids, they exist as spiritual beings living in freshwater streams, particularly those in the stone country. Read more…

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