Buliya (Freshwater catfish) Bark paintings have a long cultural tradition, believed to extend back many thousands of years. In northern Australia, the walls of bark shelters in the Kimberley and Arnhem Land may well have been painted to convey and illustrate stories in Read more…
Warrbulula and Nanyja (Pelican) Bark paintings have a long cultural tradition, believed to extend back many thousands of years. In northern Australia, the walls of bark shelters in the Kimberley and Arnhem Land may well have been painted to convey and illustrate stories Read more…
Worrdubal (Bream) Bark paintings have a long cultural tradition, believed to extend back many thousands of years. In northern Australia, the walls of bark shelters in the Kimberley and Arnhem Land may well have been painted to convey and illustrate stories in the Read more…
Denise Ngwarraye Bonney – Tijamburra, My Grandmothers Country This is my Mothers Mothers country, out near Canteen Creek, we go hunting for wild onions, goannas, echidnas and sugar bag honey in the trees. I like to hunt in my country, Read more…
Jerome Ngwarraye Petrick – Atyenh Amper – (My Country) I paint the country that I come from, the beautiful landscapes and the many colours as they change during the seasons. Jerome is the grandson of Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney and son Read more…
Julieanne Ngwarraye Morton – Atyenh Amper (My Country) My Bush Medicine My Mother, Lilly Kemarre, taught me to paint. She likes to paint her Mother’s and Father’s country from the old days, when they used to live off of the Read more…
Kindy Kemarre Ross – Irrultja is My Country My country is called Irrultja, it’s past the hill and the dried-up creek from here, it’s a nice place, my dad’s country too, and my Mum’s country is here in Ampilatwatja. When Read more…
Beverly Pula Luck – Atyenh Amey Amper (My Mother’s Country) Beverly paints her Mother’s country. When Beverly was a child her mother took her all around her country and showed her the bush medicine and bush tucker. The knowledge of the bush Read more…
Nancy Pitjara Frank – Artna Areyawarr Kwen Apwert (Bush Medicine Under Rocks) When I go looking for bush medicine I look around the ground and under the rocks. That is where I will find it
Rita Pitjara Beasley – Atyenh Aknyey Amper (My Father’s Country) “This is my Father’s country. This place is our hunting place. I always go with my daughters and their children, I show them this place and teach them about the Read more…