Man-ngarre (Native Grasses) Elizabeth had a distinctive artistic style, depicting the natural world with loose, organic strokes. Her style was evident in her key designs Kun-ngol (clouds), showing the cloud formations over her floodplain country after the wet season, and Read more…
Galabarrbarr In Burarra and Gun-nartpa languages the figure represented in this artwork is generally known as a wangarra ‘ghost spirit’. For the Warrawarra clan ghost spirits have their own particular characteristics and their own name – Warraburnburn. The Warraburnburn and the closely related Galabarrbarr Read more…
Man-ngarre (Native Grasses) Elizabeth had a distinctive artistic style, depicting the natural world with loose, organic strokes. Her style was evident in her key designs Kun-ngol (clouds), showing the cloud formations over her floodplain country after the wet season, and Read more…
Man-ngarre (Native Grasses) Elizabeth had a distinctive artistic style, depicting the natural world with loose, organic strokes. Her style was evident in her key designs Kun-ngol (clouds), showing the cloud formations over her floodplain country after the wet season, and Read more…
Coolamon ‘I bin just do them bush coolamon,’ Jane Yalunga says. ‘Like they carry one for water, bush medicine you know and bush food. Early days eh, old people used to carry that thing.’ Gija people used to carve coolamons Read more…
GAWULUMBULU – BAINES RIVER ‘ This one down in Baines River near Kildirk,’ Mungnari says. ‘They bin leave im one old man there, long time. He was crippled, when they had that leprosy here. Naralyangen Gap further up. Not far Read more…
WOOLRWYN, TEXAS COUNTRY Roberta Daylight’s grandfather was Hector Jandany, an important artist and spiritual leader in Warmun community. Hector Jandany passed away in 2006 and his legacy is very strong. In this painting Roberta is painting one of Hector’s stories. Read more…
Marlam, Marlam Respected Warmun elder Peggy Patrick says, “Marlam that one, Finger painting. When we paint our bodies, that’s the one, our body painting. I made that, it’s my story. When we have corroboree, that’s the body painting. I wanted Read more…
ORD RIVER, MOON DREAMING In this works Phyllis is painting the Ord River (down the middle). This is where the Moon bathe in the Dreamtime. In the Dreamtime the Moon was a man, he was very handsome and all the Read more…