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VISUDDHACARA
Visuddhacara Philip Ayres has been creating artworks by using the mediums of photography and painting since 1970. His expression and interpretation of the environment around us has been his primary subject. He has focused on the intrinsic energy and heart-felt spiritual nourishment that comes out of our land that profoundly touches all who are open to connect with it. The ancient landscape has a spiritual depth and cultural wealth that have inspired many of his works.
Through using the very best photographic and fine art painting techniques he has represented the land in uplifting photographic panoramas and paintings that have a deeper cultural meaning. He has won national and international awards, and his works are in collections around world.
'Desert Dreamers'
185 x 155cm
acrylic on canvas
$22,500
‘Ungurru- Deep Water Dreaming’
150 x 150cm
Acrylic on Canvas
$22,500
100
$19,500
$14,800
‘Ungurru- Deep Water Dreaming 2’
x 200cm
Acrylic on Canvas
‘The Wanderer’
103 x 230cm
Acrylic on Canvas
‘Cold Mountain’ 150 x 150cm
Acrylic on Canvas
$15,500
‘Eel Dreaming’
170 x 300cm
Acrylic on Linen
$55,000
BIANCA GARDINER-DODD
Bianca Gardiner Dodd was born in 1978 and spent her early years in the western suburbs of Sydney before moving to Tweed Heads with her family at age 10. Her mother Gloria Gardiner, a prominent Aboriginal artist of the Northern Rivers, was born in the Aboriginal community of Goodooga, Northwest of NSW. The traditional land of the Kamilaroi/Gamilaroi peoples.
Bianca has family ties to the Bundjalung lands of the Tweed and Byron coasts through her husband who is a Bundjalung man, and children. Many of the symbols within her art represent her interpretation of coastal life, harmony and unity. Bianca’s art is another platform to articulate her creative journey, from young dancer, to adult teacher, choreographer and a Contemporary Aboriginal artist.
"I have enjoyed living in the Coastal village of Pottsville Beach on the North Coast of NSW with my family for many years. My art reflects the coastal environment and surrounding elements that I live in, the estuaries, the beach and the life that lives within it."
230
$18,000
‘Immersion’ Triptych Acrylic on Canvas
x 29cm per panel
‘Undercurrent’
Acrylic on Canvas
155 x 185cm
$36,000
‘Undercurrent 2’
Acrylic on Canvas
152 x 170cm
$36,000
‘Digging Sticks’
Acrylic on Canvas
100 x 200cm
$22,000
‘Bush Flowers’ Acrylic on Canvas
64 x 124cm
$7,500
GOOMPI
‘Gathering Pipis’
Acrylic on Canvas 160 x 140cm
$POA
‘Tribal Ceremony’
Acrylic on Canvas
190 x 100cm
$POA
DAVE HARTLEY
Dave was born on the Gold Coast in 1979. His people are the Barunggam People, the traditional owners of Chinchilla in southwest Queensland’s Darling Downs district.
As an artist and writer, Dave is inspired and connected to the waterways and landforms of Kombumerri Country on which he was raised and the fresh waters of western Queensland. Dave’s art is reflective of his love of surfing, fishing and the elements surrounding his family in the outdoors.
$10,500
‘Deeper Water’
Acrylic on Canvas
94 x 185cm
‘Saltwater’
Acrylic on Canvas
125 x 155cm
$9,800
EMMA NEWTON
Emma is connected to the Arrernte People of central Australia and living on Kabi Kabi country. Whether sitting under a pandanus tree beachside or kicking around in the rich red sands of the desert, Emma is happiest out in nature. Adventuring through the most remote lands of Australia with her family, these early life experiences are where her love of nature was created.
Her passion for country and the natural environment is ever growing, through her work as an environmental scientist and cultural heritage specialist. After learning more about her connection to the Arrernte People, Emma began to explore her love for nature and country through painting.
‘Stargazer’
Acrylic on Canvas
41 x 51cm
$950
‘Calm In Country’
Acrylic on Canvas
101 x 86cm
$2,500
‘Spring Tide’
Acrylic on Canvas
101 x 86cm
$2,500
REX WINSTON
Rex Winston was born in 1968 in Sydney, NSW and belongs to the Kamilaroi language group. Winston was adopted by a white family at three months of age and grew up at Nyngan, a farming community in central Western NSW. Winston's interest in his birth mother and Aboriginal heritage was sparked when he first began painting. With the support of his adoptive parents and a government agency he was able to locate and meet his birth mother and it was only a couple of years ago that he also met his Aboriginal father.
Rex has never had any formal art training. He is an established commercial contemporary Aboriginal artist who has undertaken numerous commissions with works being held in several private collections.
Rex has been a finalist in the NSW Parliament Indigenous Art Prize every year since it started except for 2006 and was commended in 2010. Rex’s contemporary paintings are a unique response to his environment and landscape, expressed through an innate skill for precise dot markings.
‘Golden Milky Way’ Acrylic on Canvas
125 x 185cm
$9,800
JEANNIE PITYARRE
Jeannie Pitjara was born in the early 1950’s at Boundary Bore, an outstation of the Utopia region in Central Australia. She is a member of the very famous family of Aboriginal artists who have been a founding influence in the world-renowned Australian Aboriginal Art movement that has flourished over the past 50 years.
Jeannie is the niece of the late great Emily Kame Kngwarreye who is considered the founding mother of this art movement. Her sister Rosemary Petyarre who is another famous aboriginal artist. Her half-sister is Evelyn Pultara who was the winner of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award in 2005.
As one of the foremost artists at Utopia NT she is most well known for her Bush Yam Medicine leaves paintings that have their origins in the pencil yam plant. This plant is celebrated in their twelve women’s ceremonies ( Awelye) in which dance, song lines and body paint pay respect to the seed and ensure its continued germination. The plant is a staple bush tucker food and is an important part of their Dreaming and Utopia and the leaves are also used as medicine. This painting represents the interweaving of the leaves of the pencil yam plant, its medicinal properties and the Bush Leaf Dreaming.
‘Bush Medicine Leaves’ Acrylic on Canvas 203 x 104cm
$12,500
DOLLY MILLS PETYARRE
Dolly Mills Petyarre was born around 1934 at Boundary Bore Outstation in the Utopia Region, north east of Alice Springs. Her language group is Anmatyerre. She is widely recognised as one of Australia's leading Aboriginal artists. Her work can be seen in major Australian and international collections. Dolly and Gloria (Glory) Mills Petyarre are full sisters to Greeny Purvis Petyarre.
Dolly, like many of the women from Utopia started with silk batik in the early 80's. She participated in the book "Utopia - A Picture Story", which included 88 silk batiks from the Robert Holmes a Court Collection. This book helped to confirm the artistic credibility of the artists living in the Utopia region of Australia. Her main painting subjects are Yam Dreaming and Bush Tobacco.
The patterning and vibrant colour of Dolly Mills Petyarre's work depicts her native country of Alhalkere in the Utopia's region north east of Alice Springs and her most important subject matter is of the "Yam Dreamings". The Yam is one of the most stable types of bush tucker gathered in the region of Utopia. The yam has a complex root system that can spread up to twelve metres from its stalk. The plant has bright green leaves with yellow flowers and branches out over a wide area. It is commonly found in woodland areas and close to a water source.
‘Atnwelarre (Pencil Yam)’
Acrylic on Canvas
199 x 88cm
$4,950
BARBARA LEO KAMARA
Barbara is from the Anmatyerre people who are from the Utopia region in Central Australia. She is from the camp called Ingkwelave and her traditional country is the area around Coniston NT.
‘Bush Tucker Dreaming’
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
100 x 100cm
$3,150
KAREN BIRD NGALE
As the daughter of Lindsay Bird Mpetyane, a senior elder and Lawman of Ilkawerne country, Karen grew up in a small outstation in southern Utopia called Angkula. She attended Mulga Bore primary school in Utopia and later attended Yirrara College in Alice Springs. Karen paints the Alpar Seed story which belongs to her country, Ilkawerne. She was taught painting by the senior women of Ilkawerne and the stories, songs and dances that come with it.
Alpar is an Anmatyerre word for the kalpari, or rat-tail (dysphania kalpari), which is a native plant to central and western Australia. It grows with erect stems with small flowers that give it its name ‘Rat Tail’. The plant has a strong citrus smell and grows abundantly in the Utopia region on Ilkawerne Country, which is 350 klm north east of Alice Springs. On their Country, the women gather the plants black seeds, soak them in water and then grind them to make damper. The leaves of the plant are also used to make medicine. It is an important part of the Anmatyerre Dreaming, in both their stories and their songs.
‘Alaara Story’ Acrylic on Belgian Linen
90 x 90cm
$3,150
LINDSAY BIRD MPETYANE
Lindsay Bird is a renowned Australian artist and was one of the first few men introduced to work with the batik medium alongside the Utopia women in the 70's.
He played an instrumental role in making paintings that came from the Utopian region collectable and appreciated. Lindsay is represented in many private and public collections across Australia and overseas. He has also been published in books such as 'A Picture Story-Robert Holmes a Court collection' and 'The Art of Utopia' by Michael Boulter.
After Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Lindsay Bird was one of the first Aboriginal artists to have his own solo exhibitions. His work is uniquely characterised by his precision and the way he imposes bold and block colours. His high- quality paintings are keenly sought by collectors throughout the world.
‘Ahekeye Dreaming – Bush Plum’
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
198 x 108cm
$12,000