Burdekin Duck & File Snake This painting depicts a file snake and a Burdekin duck. Both can be found at billabongs surrounding Beswick, and both are seriously good tucker! Painting has been completed using a handmade Jarlk grass reed brush harvested from billabongs and wet areas. Raark or fine line Read more…
Billabong Feed This painting depicts multiple species found in billabongs. Included are multiple lily yams or dattum, a diving duck, file snake and fish. Painting has been completed using a handmade grass reed brush called Jarlk. Raark or fine line work is in Yirritja style and consists of three or Read more…
Billabong Feed This painting depicts multiple fish species and a single filesnake found in billabongs. Visible fish include long tom, barramundi and an eel-tail catfish. Painting has been completed using a handmade grass reed brush called Jarlk which is harvested from local billabongs and wet areas. Raark or fine line work is in Read more…
Billabong Feed This painting depicts three species found in local billabongs around Beswick. Included are a cherabin or freshwater prawn, a catfish and a black bream. Painting has been completed using a handmade grass reed brush called Jarlk. Raark or fine line work is in Yirritja style and consists of Read more…
Three Yams This piece depicts two different species of yams. “Jidamarr” or Cheeky Yam along with its heart shaped leaves can be seen in the middle. This bush tucker can be eaten only after preparation. If the flesh is not properly prepared it is considered poisonous and too cheeky to eat. Read more…
Three Catfish This painting depicts three catfish, a tasty haul of fish. Catfish are wrapped in paperbark and cooked slowly in the coals of a fire. Once cooked it tastes very similar to purchased smoked salmon; slightly smokey, slightly oily, and oh so sweet. Not a fish to turn your nose Read more…
Bush Tools This painting depicts multiple bush tools along with Laar’da or shaped stone blades ready to be carried in dillybags. Bush tools can be seen in the middle panel, and include spears, bondocks or woomeras, two dillybags as well as fire starting implements. Raark or fine line work is in Yirritja style 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 a separate panel. Painting has been completed using a Read more…
GuGu – Sugarbag Story This painting depicts Woolybutt tree gum nuts about to flower. These flowers are a beautiful orange colour and visible partway through the dry season in Arnhem Land. Both the nuts and flowers are an indicator species to let people know that gugu (pronounced Ku-Ku) or sugar bag Read more…
Tasty Feed This painting depicts “gudwan dagga” or tasty tucker gathered from a local billabong. All are delicious slow cooked on hot coals, usually wrapped in paperbark. At top is a filesnake, below this is a catfish. Another filesnake is present, while at the bottom is a barramundi. Painting has been Read more…