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…
Crocodile Nesting This stark contrast painting depicts a mating pair of freshwater crocodiles protecting their nest of eggs. Included are waterlily plants along with their root yams. 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 Fish This painting depicts three fish found in local billabongs around Beswick. Included are barramundi and a catfish, along side some lily plants. Painting has been completed using a handmade grass reed brush called Jarlk. Raark or fine line work is in Yirritja style and consists of multiple lines before Read more…
Four Catfish This painting depicts four 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…
Diving Birds This painting depicts multiple diving birds swimming among waterlilies. Painting has been completed using a mixture of modern paintbrushes as well as a handmade grass reed brush called Jarlk. Stippling effect on the body of the birds uses the end of the modern brush, while the fine white Read more…
Filesnake Eggs This painting depicts two file snakes, one protecting its clutch of eggs. Also visible are barramundi fingerlings. File snakes are a common water snake found in local billabongs. They are harmless and very tasty when cooked in coals.
Status: Stock Turtles & Dilly Bags by Revonna Lane “My picnic blanket design shows the water lily fruits and stems, the long and short pods, you can eat it fresh or cook it on the fire to make damper. Back then, my mum would peel it off and let it Read more…
Yams This painting depicts three water lilyroot yams, with a water strider visible second from the right. Painting has been completed using a handmade grass reed brush called Jarlk. Raark or fine line work is in Yirritja style and consists of multiple lines before alternating colour. Modern acrylic paint has Read more…
Diving Ducks This painting depicts multiple diving ducks, swimming among bobbing white apples. White apples are a native bush tukka, which fallen from the tree float on top of the surface. Both of these – diving duck & white apple – are “gudwan dagga” or tasty tucker. Painting has been Read more…