Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation

Jaigung – File Snake This painting depicts two Jaigung, or file snakes swimming in water. File snakes are a harmless water snake and good tasty tucker when roasted in coals.  

Two Fish This painting depicts two fish commonly found in local billabongs and creeks around Beswick / Wugularr. Included is a black bream and a bogong or rainbow perch. Visual style of this painting is very similar to Frankie Tango Lane as Travis is apprenticing under Tango’s tutelage. Tango painted the black Read more…

Turle + Fish 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 live cultural performance, digital media, and produces the popular performance event – the Walking With Spirits Festival as well as Concerts on Read more…

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 over the land at Djirringi, is a sacred symbol. This 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 – the Walking With Spirits Festival as well as Concerts 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 visible on the flower filled panels. Painting has been completed 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 or reeds surrounding billabongs and wet areas. Work is in 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 styles. Yirritja style which consists of three or four lines 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 is used for the fine lines, while the stippling effect Read more…