Nissarana Galleries NAIDOC 2020 Aboriginal Fine Art Catalogue by nissaranagalleriescatalogue

NAIDOC INDIGENOUS ART CATALOGUE 2020 IN CELEBRATION OF THE NAIDOC WEEK 8 – 15 November 'Always was, Always will be' IN RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION OF ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE WHO HAVE CARED FOR THIS COUNTRY AND THEIR CULTURE FOR 80,000 YEARS Nissarana Galleries is proud to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia, and their continuing connection to land, sea, and waters and their culture and community. We pay our respects to their Nations, Elders and Culture past, present and emerging.

'Always was’ ‘Always will be'

NAIDOC INDIGENOUS ART CATALOGUE For the months of October and November Nissarana Galleries’ owners Valerie Pasquale and Philip Ayres are offering a large selection of premium indigenous artwork to celebrate the NAIDOC week in November. The National Aboriginal and Islanders Day Observance Committee has been at the forefront of improving conditions and community awareness of Australian Indigenous people since early in the 20th Century.

GUARANTEE OF AUTHENTICITY

ALL ARTWORKS IN THIS CATALOGUE ARE ORIGINAL AUTHENTIC ARTWORKS BY THE DESIGNATED INDIGENOUS ARTIST AND COME WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY. All Artworks in this Catalogue are ethically sourced directly from the artist or the artist’s agent. We deal directly with the artist where possible and where possible sell for the artist on consignment. We will only on-sell artworks that have been purchased from Nissarana Galleries. No paintings in this catalogue are sourced from other galleries or sources that are closing down. In this way the buyer can be assured the artwork is an Authentic artwork painted by the artist.

This is Nissarana Galleries inaugural indigenous catalogue and it contains the works on Australian Indigenous Artists from many areas in Australia. The paintings represent the Culture and Dreamings of the individual artists and their Traditional families, communities and lands throughout the country. Indigenous artists come from a wide spectrum of the Australian Aboriginal community representing their many Nations. Some artists live their traditional lifestyle on their cultural lands while others live a more contemporary urban life in the cities and towns. If an artist has an aboriginal heritage and identifies with that and their artwork reflects that cultural connection then they are an indigenous artist. This catalogue has also included an Indonesian indigenous artist which we feel adds variety and also is a show of the solidarity between Australia’s indigenous people and other indigenous cultures around the world.

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THE CATALOGUE Listed in this catalogue is a selection of works from 31 acclaimed indigenous artists that are being offered for sale by the artists and Nissarana Galleries in Noosa and Mornington. Many of the artists are world renowned for their artwork and the styles and complexities of colours. This catalogue gives people interested in purchasing art pieces they love the ability to select premium indigenous artworks from the comfort of their own homes. The catalogue is not a definitive list of artworks available but a selection from the artist’s work available in both galleries and in the artist’s studios at this time. There are many more artworks accessible by Nissarana Galleries and through the many artists it represents if they are not in the catalogue.

COMMISSIONED ARTWORK If an artwork is to your preference but the dimensions or colors are not suitable, the artist may be commissioned to complete a work of the appropriate dimensions, style and color palette. There can be periodic consultation throughout the creation process to keep you informed of the progress and nature of the artwork. Commissioned works are original works and none of our artists will do a copy of a previous work, moreover they will produce a fresh creation based on reference to the artwork you preferred. Prices may vary dependent on the artwork. Commissioned works may vary in price to the works in the catalogue dependent on the request but are still open to negotiation with the artist.

ART MONEY – INTEREST FREE ART FINANCE - “ENJOY NOW – PAY LATER” The Art Money facility may be used for purchasing artworks in this Indigenous Catalogue or for any other artwork with a price between $500 - $50,000 whether in the catalogue or in the gallery or otherwise. Art Money is an Art Financing Facility that allows you to take possession of your artwork immediately. For full information please go to www.artmoney.com STRETCHING / FRAMING / DELIVERY AND HANGING It is very common for indigenous artworks on Belgium Linen and Canvas not to be stretched or framed. Many in this catalogue are not stretched or framed and will require an additional cost to the purchaser to have them made wallready. The artworks can either be delivered to you in a robust tube or alternatively Nissarana Galleries can organize the stretching and/or framing for you and have it delivered to your door ready to hang. You will initially receive a quote for this and the cost will depend on the size of the painting. Delivery and Professional Hanging can be provided at an extra cost to the purchase price in this catalogue or when you purchase artworks not included in this catalogue. The gallery will arrange the delivery and hanging and will inform you of the cost for your approval. PRICING Prices in this catalogue are established by the artist and/or gallery. Prices reflect the current market value of the artwork in $AUD and are based on the recognition of the artist, size and quality of the artwork and previous acquisitional prices achieved for a similar painting by the artist, worldwide. Negotiation on price may be possible after consultation with the gallery. Disclaimer: Nissarana Galleries, its management, staff, agents and associated artists are not responsible for any aspects of this catalogue or the subsequent sale or purchase of any of the artworks contained, and any assumptions about pricing and/or negotiated pricing and any perceived variance between the digital image of the artwork in this catalogue or online and/or attached to subsequent emails and the actual physical artwork itself.

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CONTENTS

The Artists Anna Price Petyarre----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6 Anthony Walker-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Anthony Walker Milbi Designs----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8-13 Barbara Leo Kemarra------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14 Belinda Golder Kngwarreye----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15 Bianca Gardiner-Dodd-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------16-22 Brennan Cox-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------23-29 Bronwyn Bancroft------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------30-32 Chad Briggs-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33-34 Cynthia Malthouse---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------35 Dave Hartley-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------36-37 Elaine Williams Nungarrayi------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 38-38 Gloria Petyarre----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------39-41 Gracie Morton Pwerle-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------42 Jacinta Hayes------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------43-44 Jandamarra Cadd-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------45-65 Jeannie Mills Pwerle------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 66 Jeannie Petyarre--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------67-69 John Martono----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 70-84 Joy Nakamarra---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------85 June Sultan Napanga-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------86 Karen Bird Ngale--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------87-88 Lindsay Bird Mpetyane------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------89-91 Margaret Scobie--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------92-97 Melanie Hava----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 98-99 Patricia Kamara------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------100 Polly Ngale------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------101-102 Rex Winston Walford---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 103-109 Rosemary Egan Nampijinpa-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 110-111 Sonda Turner Nampijinpa-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------112 Tommy Cook--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 113-114 Tony Wilson---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 115-117

ANNA PRICE PETYARRE (PITJARA)

Title: ‘My Country’ Artist: Anna Price Petyarre (Pitjara) Size: 197 cm x 101 cm Framed with black ash edge frame Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $6,600

ANNA PRICE PETYARRE Anna Price Petyarre, born 1960, is an Anmatyerre woman from the Boundary Bore area of the former Utopia Station, north east of Alice Springs. Anna is also known as Anna Pitjara, Anna Price and Anna Price Pitjara. She is the daughter of the late Glory Ngarla (Ngale, or Ngal) and niece to the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye. Anna began painting in the early 1980s initially painting Yam Seed Dreaming in a colourful and intricate expression of the songs and stories associated with her plant totem, the Bush Yam, and its seeds. The Bush Yam has been a staple food and water source for the Anmatyerre people for countless years and the seeds that form and scatter from the plant are ground up to make flour for damper. During ceremony, it is Anna's duty to pay homage to the yam seeds and give thanks for their abundance and regenerative qualities. Anna has changed her painting style radically several times over the last decade and now concentrates on extremely finely dotted works which represent her country and its ceremonial sites at Boundary Bore.

COLLECTIONS • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Art Bank, Sydney Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin Holmes a Court Gallery and Gallery Collection, Perth Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane The Kerry Stokes Collection Anthropology Art Museum, Perth Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Mbantua Gallery Permanent Collection, Alice Springs National Gallery of Australia, Canberra National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

ANTHONY WALKER

Title: ‘The Pass ’ Artist: Anthony Walker Size: 122 cm x 91 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $4,995

THE PASS 'always was, always will be' "Traditional Aboriginal iconography superimposed over a landscape that is both familiar and distinctive. The Pass is part of Anthony J. Walker's BLUE SPACE series. The covertly political series welcomes viewers to look afresh at Country from a new perspective: a perspective that explicitly acknowledges 'always was, always will be'."

ANTHONY WALKER Anthony Walker is an award-winning artist from the Yiman, Gangalu and Gurreng Gurreng peoples of Central Queensland. Through his work, Anthony engages with the natural environment and expresses his inner connection to the landscape. Having originally trained as a Park Ranger, Anthony also seeks to raise awareness about the preservation of native flora and fauna. Growing up on the Sunshine Coast and currently residing in Byron Bay, Anthony draws inspiration from the landscape and coastlines of Southern Queensland and Northern New South Wales, as well as his grandparents’ Country. Anthony Walker’s work has been critically acclaimed for its light-hearted design and blend of colour and movement. Achievements include: participating in Wesfarmers Indigenous Arts Leadership Program (National Gallery of Australia), undertaking a curatorial residency at the Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney), winning the Gold Coast Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, and having a solo exhibition at Melbourne’s Koorie Heritage Trust Centre. Anthony previously served as the Indigenous Arts Development Officer for Arts Northern Rivers, and the Aboriginal Arts Development Officer for Regional Arts NSW. Anthony also operates the design studio & online store MILBI DESIGNS www.milbidesigns.com - sharing original artworks, limited edition prints, and artisanal gifts.

MILBI DESIGNS

Title: ‘Bush Grapes’ Artist: Anthony Walker Size: 61 cm x 92 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $950

MILBI DESIGNS Aboriginal contemporary design studio Milbi Designs was founded in 2020 by visual artist Anthony Walker - from the Yiman, Gangalu and Gurreng Gurreng peoples of Central Queensland - to share stories and designs inspired by Anthony’s grandparents’ Freshwater & Saltwater Country. ‘Milbi’ means ‘turtle’ (either long-necked freshwater turtle or sea turtle depending on the region) or ‘story / storytelling’ across several language groups. Based on Arakwal Country in Byron Bay, Milbi Designs creates original artwork, limited edition art prints, and artisanal gifts.

MILBI DESIGNS

Title: ‘Salt water Country’ Artist: Anthony Walker Size: 92 cm x 61 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $950

MILBI DESIGNS

Title: ‘Seven Sisters’ Artist: Anthony Walker Size: 118 cm x 89 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $1,750

MILBI DESIGNS

Title: ‘Shifting Sands’ Artist: Anthony Walker Size: 61 cm x 92 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $950

MILBI DESIGNS

Title: ‘Turtles Increase Song Cycle’ Artist: Anthony Walker Size: 92 cm x 61 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $950

MILBI DESIGNS

Title: ‘Seven Sisters Song Cycle’ Artist: Anthony Walker Size: 92 cm x 61 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Stretched - ready to hang Price: $950

BARBARA LEO KEMARRE

Title: ‘Bush Tucker Dreaming’ Artist: Barbara Leo Kemarre Size: 100 cm x 100 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $2,800

BARBARA LEO KAMARA Barbara is from the Anmatyerre people who are from the Utopia Region in Central Australia. She is from the camp called Ingkwelaye and her traditional country is the area around Coniston NT.

BELINDA GOLDER KNGWARREYE

Title: ‘Bush Tucker Dreaming’ Artist: Belinda Golder Kngwarreye Size: 190 cm x 100 cm Medium: Acrylic on Price: $4,200 DETAIL

BELINDA GOLDER KNGWARREYE Belinda Golder Kngwarreye is an Anmatyerre artist from the Utopia Homelands of Central Australia. Belinda comes from a line of artistic women in her family. She has inherited the Bush Plum Dreaming painterly style from her well known grandmother artist, Polly Ngale. She typically paints the same story as Polly, ‘Bush Plum’, and uses heavily layered paint to depict the foliage of the plant. However Belinda has added her own flair to this story by manipulating the paint in smooth application of analogous color scheme creates a rich, monochromatic look. The bush plum is known as anwekety and only fruits for a few weeks of the year. In the Jukurrpa Dreaming story the bush plum seeds were blown all over the ancestral lands by the winds and they bore fruit on Utopia lands. The first anwekety of the Dreaming grew there and became part of the food of the Anmatyerre people. Belinda is daughter to well known artist Bessie Petyarre and her sister is Janet Golder Kngwarreye. Belinda is a young artist with a growing list of exhibitions and acclaimations. Her work is exhibited in galleries across Australia and is gaining attention internationally.

BIANCA GARDINER – DODD

BLOSSOMING Plant the Seed, nurture Growth and harvest the Knowledge. The different layers of social, cultural and historical influences across our lifetime, overlap and interlock, helping us to blossom, grow and evolve.

BIANCA GARDINER – DODD

Title: ‘Blossoming’ Artist: Bianca Gardiner - Dodd Size: 180 cm x 100 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Framed Price: $7,900

“I was born in 1978 and spent my early years in the western suburbs of Sydney before moving to Tweed Heads with my family at age 10. My 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 people. I have family ties to the Bundjalung lands of the Tweed and Byron coasts through my husband who is a Bundjalung man, and children. I have enjoyed living in the Coastal village of Pottsville Beach on the North Coast of NSW with my family for the past 10 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. Many of the symbols within my art represent my interpretation of coastal life, harmony and unity. My art is another platform to articulate my creative journey. From young dancer, to adult teacher, choreographer and a Contemporary Aboriginal artist.” - Bianca

BIANCA GARDINER – DODD

THE DAWNING Title: ‘The Dawning’ ‘The Sun rises, it light radiates across the land energising the Artist: Bianca Gardiner - Dodd landscaped, the communities and its inhabitants’-Bianca Size: 180 cm x 100 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Framed Price: $7,900 (painting in photo has framer’s temporary protective corners and edge wrap)

BIANCA GARDINER – DODD

Title: ‘Corrobor-ation’ Artist: Bianca Gardiner - Dodd Size: 95 cm x 95 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Framed Price: $4,500 NGM CORROBOR-ATION “The shifting Sands revealed the ‘Ochre Dreaming’ and the people began to Dance”- Bianca

BIANCA GARDINER – DODD

ROCKPOOLS

Title: ‘Rockpools’ Artist: Bianca Gardiner - Dodd Size: 93 cm x 93 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Framed Price: $4,500 NGN

‘Frolicking in the Rock Pool, the sun’s rays penetrate, illuminating the activities of the creatures below and the ripples of the tiny tidal pools.’ - Bianca

BIANCA GARDINER – DODD

COASTAL POLES These Totem Poles celebrate the vibrant colours and elements of Coastal towns around Australia. They tell a story of the relationships and values between people and their environment.

EBB and FLOW “The land pulses, a heartbeat, an underpinning spirit in the land. The tracks of the Ages define the traditional ways and manner of the first peoples in their expansive explorations of the land. The billabongs and watercourses integrating,feeding,hydrating the tribal lands. Life giving, nourishing, sustaining the generations”.-Bianca

Title: ‘Coastal Poles 1- Ebb and Flow’ Artist: Bianca Gardiner - Dodd Size: 200 cm x 50 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Edge-framed with natural wood Price: $5,200 NGN

BIANCA GARDINER – DODD

REVELATIONS 2 “The eternal tide retreats from its Zenith revealing a whole new magical world from under its all-encompassing cloak. The minutiae of life in this disclosure react to the radiant solar heat of the new day. Defences spring up to defend against the retreating streams and pools of water. Amazing, intricate patterns - nature’s design perfections are revealed in all their wondrous glory!” Bianca

Title: ‘Coastal Poles 2- Revelations 2’ Artist: Bianca Gardiner - Dodd Size: 200 cm x 50 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Edge-framed with natural wood Price: $5,200

BIANCA GARDINER-DODD

Title: ‘Re-Generation’ Artist: Bianca Gardiner - Dodd Size: 180 cm x 100 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $7,900

RE-GENERATION A celebration of life after nature’s challenges: droughts, floods and bushfires. There is a renewed energy and vitality! Within communities people come together to support one another and Mother Earth itself. There is a confidence, borne of millenniums of experience, amongst this current generation to reclaim, to celebrate and to working with our forgiving land. Nature’s eternal cycle at its wondrous best! - Bianca

BRENNAN COX

MURRAWARRI INLET

Title : ‘Murrawarri Inlet’ Artist: Brennan Cox Size: 105 cm x 76 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Framed Price: $4,900

The Archer fish is found in a variety of places including estuaries with brackish water around mangroves. . It is unusual in that it preys on land-based insects and other small animals with an ability to hit a target over five feet away. Not bad for a fish that on average is more than six inches long! It shoots them down with drops of water. They can be quite temperamental, even aggressive…. Just like us!

BRENNAN COX

ESTUARY FLOOD (ORANGE TURTLES)

Title : ‘Estuary Flood (Orange Turtles) Artist: Brennan Cox Size: 105 cm x 105 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Framed Price: $5,900

After the great floods of the northern plains life abounds in the swirling waters. The turtle’s make their way through the murky depths to the surface, feeding on the prolific life that teems in the waters. On the surface they search for dry land, a safe and comfortable haven in order to lay their eggs and a safe passageway for the young to make their way to the water. Are we so different? Food to eat, a safe haven and a safe passage through life for our young. The Murrawarri people learn much from the turtles.

BRENNAN COX

LAGUNA TURTLES

Title : ‘Laguna Turtles’ Artist: Brennan Cox Size: 80 cm x 65 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Framed Price: $1,750

“The Great Australian Turtle abound in Laguna Bay and gently whisper secrets to the beautiful Noosa beach.” – Sharne Brennan Turtles are a common sight in Laguna Bay and are a very important part of nature. The turtles glide slowly and silently through the waters leaving in their wake a sense of peace.

BRENNAN COX

Detail of ‘Natural Wonders’

Title: ‘Natural Wonders’ Artist: Brennan Cox Size: 204 cm x 105 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Framed Price: $6,900

NATURAL WONDERS The Great Barrier Reef has been described in many different ways, by many different people. Those who have sailed on the waters marvel at the changing blues and greens and turquoise colours on the surface. Those who swim snorkel or dive beneath the waters marvel at the myriad of life and colours teeming beneath. The colours of the fish and the different species are breathtaking. Nowhere in the world does the coral grow in such diverse and fascinating colours and forms as it foes on the Great Barrier Reef. The Reef is as old as time, a place to wonder and marvel at the magnificence of Creation and the Creator, whatever your belief might be. All rights reserved Nissarana Galleries©2020

BRENNAN COX

Title: ‘Fire Stick Farming’ Artist: Brennan Cox Size: 65 cm x 95 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Framed Price: $1,950

FIRE STICK FARMING “The indigenous people of Australia used fire to assist with farming the land. They believed that it encouraged new growth and regenerated the bush tucker which was vital to their survival. Their food supply was assured even in the ashes of the fire. .” – Sharne Brennan

SHARNE BRENNAN and LYNN COX These are two artists who work together, bringing two cultures to our work. Sharne Brennan is from the Murrawarri People, who come from Brewarrina in NSW. Sharne’s family are part of the stolen generation. Her grandmother known lovingly by the Murrawarri people as Matey, was taken from Brewarrina to Cunnamulla in Qld. Sharne’s father was born in Cunnamulla. was born. Sharne grew up in Qld living on a number of outback cattle stations where her father, Lyle Capewell, worked at different times until he became involved with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Commission until his retirement. Sharne won her first art competition when she was seven and has since won prizes for her work in the Mary River district. Her art work depicts her love for her traditional Indigenous heritage, Lynn Cox is originally from England and came to this magnificent country as a teenager. She has always been interested in art and has won awards around the Noosa area and also at Cooloola where she lives. A 33 friendship developed between these two women and their art brings together two opposing cultures. “We hope that it shows that forgiveness and reconciliation are possible through the medium of art. We work under the pseudonym Brennan Cox.” Lynn pours and paints all the backgrounds, the canvas is then handed to Sharne to add her art work. The colours are researched together but we each bring something individual to the finished piece. And we each have our own unique gift.

BRENNAN COX

TREE OF LIFE

Title: ‘Tree of life’ Artist: Brennan Cox Size: 107 cm x 81 cm - glassless frame Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Framed Price: $2,300

“The tree began life as a tiny seed dropped onto the rock by a passing bird. It grew and its roots went deep into the crevices of the rocky outcrop that had begun its permanent home. The winds came, the rain lashed down the hail battered but it didn’t matter what came against it. Its roots were so deep and so strong and so firmly embedded in the rock that it would bend but never break. That little bird never knew what an impact the tiny seed that it dropped made on the world. Can we learn from that little bird and that awesome tree?” – Sharne Brennan

BRENNAN COX

Title: ‘The Invisible Reef’ Artist: Brennan Cox Size: 200 cm x 100 cm Black wood edge frame Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Framed Price: $6,900

THE INVISIBLE REEF Montgomery Reef, is the largest inshore reef and is transformed by some of the biggest tidal changes on earth. When the tide falls the coral reef appears to rise from the ocean in torrents of cascading water, and a plethora of marine life makes its escape, Octopi, Turtles, Reef Sharks, Manta Rays, Dolphins, and even Dugongs.

BRONWYN BANCROFT

Title: ‘Life Adorned’ Artist: Bronwyn Bancroft Size: 150 cm x 150 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $55,000

A Bundjalung woman, Bancroft was born in Tenterfield, a town in rural New South Wales, in 1958. She was the youngest of seven children of Owen Cecil Joseph Bancroft, known as "Bill"—an Aboriginal Australian from the Djanbun clan—and Dot, who is of Scottish and Polish ancestry. Bancroft has said that her great-great-great-grandmother Pemau was one of only two or three survivors from her clan, the rest murdered when their land was settled by a white farmer. Although initially known as a fabric and textile designer, Bancroft has worked with many artistic media, including "jewellery design, painting, collage, illustration, sculpture and interior decoration". Art works by Bancroft are held by the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Art Gallery of Western Australia and the Queensland Art Gallery.] The National Gallery holds one of her screen-prints, Entrapped, created in 1991. Between 1989 and 2006, Bancroft held eight solo exhibitions and participated in at least 53 group exhibitions, including shows at the Australian Museum in Sydney, the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, and the National Gallery of Victoria. Her art has been exhibited in Indonesia, New Zealand, the US, France and Germany.

BRONWYN BANCROFT

Title: ‘Washpool Sunset’ Artist: Bronwyn Bancroft Size: 150 cm x 150 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $55,000

BRONWYN BANCROFT

LINEAR LINKAGES This painting was created to record the birthing of our children (jarjums) by our women. I am descended from matrilineal lineage. I am a woman, who has given birth to 3 children, successfully and naturally. The colour I saw at the point of delivery was red. The Woman passes down her connection to life and learning. The painting pays homage to the skills and expertise of woman as birth “Corers”and givers. Our Mothers are Mother Earth and to respect all that we learn from Mothers is to know about Mother Earth.

Title : ‘Linear Linkage’ Artist: Bronwyn Bancroft Size: 150 cm x 150 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $55,000

CHAD BRIGGS

Title: ‘Mother’s Terrotory’ Artist: Chad Briggs Size: 185 cm x 85 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Cross Hatching and dot style Price: $8,000 CHAD BRIGGS

Chad Briggs is an indigenous artist born in Brisbane, Queensland. His mother is a Muralag woman from the Torres Strait and his father is a Noongar man from Western Australia. Chad enjoys incorporating styles, techniques and colours from both his Aboriginal and Islander heritage which translates into completely original contemporary art pieces. Chad has been a full-time artist since 1998 and has been commissioned by the BRONCOS NRL Club, Imparja Cricket Australia, ACECQA, FOGS (Former Origin Greats), Australian Federal Police and many more.

MOTHERS TERRITORY

As well as being a top apex predator and the largest reptile on the planet the female salt water crocodile is also a loving, caring and protective mother. This piece portrays the area of the river and waterholes which she claims as her territory as well as showing that she will never stray from the nest before her babies signal her with their highpitched chirping sound whilst they start to hatch.

CHAD BRIGGS

Title : ‘Elliot’s Turtles’ Artist: Chad Briggs Size: 180 x 125 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas – Cross Hatching and dot style Price: $8,000

ELLIOTS TURTLES This piece recreates a family journey, showing through symbolism a trail from Beaudesert in Queensland to Elliott Heads in the Bundaberg region. It depicts in the lower left our home/family and shows the trip northwards through the various forests, waterholes and mountain ranges to my parents and onto the beach and was both massive through to Elliott Heads. The first turtle encountered momentarily washed and ancient and returned swiftly into the deep blue, the second encounter was later that night when we returned to witness another turtle laying eggs up in the dunes, a trip that is forever etched in my mind.

CYNTHIA MALTHOUSE

Title: ‘Bush Onion Dreaming’ Artist: Cynthia Malthouse Size: 60 cm x 60 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $300

CYNTHIA MALTHOUSE Cynthia is from Hermannsburg, home of the central Australian art movement. Cynthia paints ‘Bush Onion Dreaming’. This painting tells the story of women finding and collecting the edible Bush Onion The bush onion grows around the edges of waterholes and creek ways. The plant has green leaves and a bulb root which is a sort after food source for aboriginal people. The bulb can be eaten raw but is best when cooked.

DAVE HARTLEY

NATIVE BEES and SOUTHERLY WINDS Our native bees are a lifegiving force. They traverse the southerly winds, landing from flower to flower, pollinating and collating food for their hives. My garden has three native beehives that live in harmony with my family and our surrounds. In the warmer months, we will harvest sugarbag (native honey) which has many healing properties

Title: ‘Native Bees and Southerly Winds’ Artist: Dave Hartley Size: 64 cm x 93 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $4,200

DAVE HARTLEY Dave is a Barunggam man from the Darling Downs region of southwestern Queensland. He was raised on Kombumerri Country (Gold Coast), Dave has a close connection with saltwater and is inspired by the rhythms, sounds and formations of the waves, beaches and wildlife that occupy the waterways and surrounding lands. Dave uses a modern colour palette and has a passion for painting with tones that represent the elemental and seasonal changes of his local area

DAVE HARTLEY

Title : ‘The Line Up: Everyone’s Connected’ Artist: Dave Hartley Size: 124 cm x 63 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Framed Price: $4,200

THE LINE UP: EVERYONE’S CONNECTED Surfers line up, ready for the next wave as they roll in from the point. The saltwater connects us, as does our love for riding mother nature's shape shifters. The sand, transforming into solid earth, grounds us when we return to the shore.

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ELAINE WILLIAMS NUNGARRAYI

Title: ‘Perentie Dreaming’ Artist: Elaine Williams Nungarrayi Size: 90 cm x 80 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $2800

PERENTIE DREAMING

A time to hunt, a time to wait for flora and fauna, a time and a place where they reproduce. The women talk and decide on the weather and time to gather food. The animals and plants reproduce - Elaine Williams Nungarrayi

ELAINE WILLIAMS NUNGARRAYI

Title: ‘Spirit Sisters Dancing’ Artist: Elaine Williams Nungarrayi Size: 120 cm x 60 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $4500

ELAINE WILLIAMS NUNGARRAYI Elaine is part of a family of artists. Her sisters are painters and Elaine, born in Meekatharra, is the mother of Tina, Trisha and Jade – all of whom are promising artists. Elaine was the only member of the Wiluna community to proudly pass up to Certificate 111 in Visual Art & Contemporary Craft with Central West TAFE in 2006. She specializes in exquisite symmetrical colourful dot paintings which often represent the spring wildflowers in the Wiluna area. She is inspired to paint through her mother’s connection to flora and fauna country.

GLORIA PETYARRE (PITJARA)

Title: Large ‘Bush Medicine Leaves’ Artist: Gloria Petyarre Size: 200 cm x 130 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $12,500

Gloria Tamerre Petyarre, born 1945 often referred to as Gloria Pitjara, is arguably the most famous and significant of all female Australian Aboriginal Artists living today. She is internationally acclaimed for her ‘Bush Medicine Leaf’ paintings. Gloria first participated in the Utopian art programs in 1977 when she was 32 years of age. These early batik- making workshops marked the emergence of Aboriginal women artists. Up to this time they had commonly assisted men in the completion of their paintings, but were rarely permitted their own paint and canvas. From the outset their works were informed by the natural shapes and patterns of local leaves, flowers, seeds and grasses which provided the touchstone of form and structure. Gloria’s early batiks were richly colourful and reflected the daily interaction of the desert women with their environment. Her career took off with gusto when she won the most coveted Australian annual ‘Wynne Prize for Landscape’ at the New South Wales Gallery in 1999, for what was a most extraordinary painting for its time: A huge, gold and green abstract work, made up of swirling leaf shaped brush strokes. And GLORIA PETYARRE with her win came a triumph for Aboriginal art: Gloria Petyarre became the first Indigenous Australian artist ever to win a major art prize at the Gallery of New South Wales. She has been a finalist five times in the Wynne Prize and twice in Australia’s most prestigious art award, the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award as well as other national awards. Her paintings are in permanent collections is National Gallery of Australia, Museum of Victoria, Museum and Art Gallery of NT, Powerhouse Museum, Parliament House Canberra, Queensland Art Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria , Art Gallery of NSW, Art Gallery of South Australia, Holmes A’ Court Collection, British Museum London, Singapore Art Museum, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Flinders University Art Gallery, Westpac New York, Allens Sydney and many more important private and public collections around the world. In 2019 Gloria retired due to ill health.

GLORIA PETYARRE (PITJARA)

Title: ‘Angertla’ - Mountain Devil Lizard Dreaming’ Artist: Gloria Petyarre Size: 195 cm x 110 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $10,800

MOUNTAIN. DEVIL LIZARD DREAMING The Mountain Devil Lizard or Thorny Devil Lizard is part of the Dreaming and is an important part of the food source of the inhabitants of Central Australia. In the Dreamtime story the Old Woman Mountain Devil Lizard travelled across the Utopian country marking the Sacred Sights and creating the landscape. The Lizard is said to have created the colour of country with the sack of ochre contained in its neck. The Mountain Devil Lizard is a totem of Gloria and her sisters who are also acclaimed artists from the Utopian region. They are the custodians of the Mountain Devil Dreaming and have the responsibility to pass it on to future generations. The women include this story in the ‘Awelye’ – Body Paint Ceremony. Gloria’s paintings come from this ceremony and the abstraction of her brush stroke patterns are resemblant of the skin of the Lizard and women’s breasts and shoulders.

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GRACIE MORTON PWERLE

Title: Anwekety (Bush Plum) Dreaming’ Artist: Gracie Morton Pwerle Size: 110 cm x 80 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $2,600 DETAIL

GRACIE MORTON PWERLE

Gracie Morton Pwerle born 1956 is a senior Alyawarr artist at Utopia 350 klm North East of Alice Springs NT. Her mother is Myrtle Pwerle and her sisters are Gloria and Kathlene Petyarre. Gracie began painting in the 1980’s and was part of the first group of artists at Utopia to paint on canvas. She paints her Dreaming, the Anwekety which is the conkleberry or Bush Plum and is an important food source for the aboriginal people. Gracie is a senior custodian of Arnwektey Dreaming and has the responsibility to preserve the law and pass it on to the younger generation as it was passed onto her by her father and aunt. Gracie’s paintings are traditional dot work on a darker background, however, she uses a very delicate fine dot that softens the overall appearance. Her designs are distinctly Gracie. She has exhibited in Germany , Italy, Nederlands, and more recently China. She has works in major permanent collections in Australia and Europe.

JACINTA HAYES

Title: ‘Bush Medicine Leaves’ Artist: Jacinta Hayes Size: 107 cm x 43 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Framed Price: $1,500

Jacinda Hayes was born in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, in 1992. She is a well established artist in her own right. Anmatyerre is her native language. Jacinda is the granddaughter of famous artist Margaret Scobie, who taught Jacinda the story she depicts in her Bush Medicine Leaves artworks. Recently Jacinda has begun telling the story of the Thorny Devil as told to her by her famous artist aunt, Gloria Petyarre. Jacinda has developed her own unique way of painting, using fine and large brushstrokes which produce both a 3D effect and a free-flowing design. Many of Jacinda’s works are in galleries Australiawide as well as in galleries overseas. She is one of the new up and coming artists of her generation.

JACINTA HAYES

Title: ‘Bush Medicine Leaves’ Artist: Jacinta Hayes Size: 80 cm x 45 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Framed Price: $1,050

JANDAMARRA CADD

Title : ‘Ancient’ United Journey Collection Artist: Jandamarra Cadd Size: 120 cm x 120 cm Medium: Oil and Acrylic on Canvas Price: $7,000

JANDAMARRA CADD Jandamarra Cadd – a Yorta Yorta and Dja Dja Warung descendent, is an inspirational man with many stories to tell. With his vibrant and expressive portraitures, Jandamarra’s artwork is emotive and insightful – and is a powerful medium to bridge the story telling divide between Aboriginal and mainstream Australia. Painting has been a way of life that has enabled him to express his creativity and storytelling and in many of his paintings of the human condition, he seeks to be a peaceful voice for unity. Jandamarra uses a variety of styles and mediums; with his unique blend of traditional aboriginal art techniques along with his own signature contemporary portraiture.Jandamarra has not only been a finalist in every major Portrait Art Prize in Australia, but is also in very high demand as an Inspirational Speaker and Ambassador.

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SORRY

Title : ‘Sorry’ Artist: Jandamarra Cadd Size: 155 cm x 135 cm Medium: Oil and Red Desert Sand on Canvas Framed Price: $8,000

The depiction of the vast complexity of the human condition is particularly difficult when it comes to a member of the Stolen Generation. Uncle Bob was forcibly taken from his mother at approx 7 years of age and was never again re-united with her. Uncle Bob, along with other indigenous children were taken from Uluru to Alice Springs and then taken to Croker Island – 1 hour flight off the coast of Darwin.So far from his home country and family, Uncle Bob was taught to denounce his Aboriginal language, customs and ancestors and lived there until he was an adult. Despite all that he has been through, Uncle Bob remained positive about a future of reconciliation, mutual respect and continually taught about moving forward without hatred and bitterness. He was a shining example of forgiveness and understanding. The painting depicted a parallel of Uncle Bob in the present and Uncle Bob with his mother in precious times in their country. The shadow of the hat symbolises bringing the hidden truth of history into the light to be the open truth. The red ochre on the painting is actual red desert sand collected with permission from the spot where Uncle Bob was taken away as a child.

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Title : ‘Bush Tukka Woman’ Artist: Jandamarra Cadd Size: 180 cm x 121 cm Medium: Oil and Acrylic on Canvas Price: $9,000

BUSH TUKKA WOMAN Sam’s positive and welcoming spirit was comfortably familiar and I truly respected her desire to share ancient wisdom of bush tukka and living in harmony with nature as it was always intended. I painted her in the sacred dance of her totem (the Emu) and surrounded her with the creatures and bush foods of land and sea to illustrate her connection to nature and the ancestors. Her passion to invest time and education in the youth and pass on her teachings is inspirational.

JANDAMARRA CADD

Title : ‘Whispers of Wisdom’ Artist: Jandamarra Cadd Size: 120 cm x 120 cm Medium: Oil and Acrylic on Canvas Price: $18,000

WHISPERS OF WISDOM From the Indentity Collection This painting shows that the land is Inseparable from the core identity of First Nation people. And that when they hold ceremony, dance, or share Culturally in any way, that they are sharing about themselves as the ‘oneness‘,

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RESPECT From the United Journey Collection This painting was a finalist in the LALC Art Prize 2018 Title: ‘Respect’ Artist: Jandamarra Cadd Size: 120 cm x 100 cm Medium: Oil and Acrylic on Canvas Price: $10,000

JANDAMARRA’S AWARDS Awarded Honorary Doctorate in Creative Arts – CQU, Finalist in The Kennedy Art Prize 2018, Finalist in The LALC Art Prize 2018, Finalist in The Clayton Utz Art Prize 2018, Finalist in The Percival Portrait Painting Prize 2018, Semi-finalist in the Doug Moran Portraiture Prize 2017, Finalist in The Clayton Utz Art Award 2017, Finalist in The Kennedy Prize 2016 , Finalist in The Clayton Utz Art Award 2016, Winner of People’s Choice – Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2016, Finalist in The Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2016, Finalist in The Percival Portrait Painting Prize 2016, Finalist in The Black Swan Art Prize 2015, Winner of SJOGHC Online People’s Choice Prize 2015, Finalist in The Archibald Prize 2014, Finalist for Indigenous Artist of the Year – The Deadly Awards 2013, Finalist for Indigenous Artist of the Year – The Deadly Awards 2011, People’s Choice Award 2010 – Que Sera Sera Exhibition (Toowoomba), People’s Choice Award 2008 – Wondai Art Gallery Through Our Eyes – Collaborative exhibition, Indigenous Employees Award 2007 – National Art Award (Canberra) Drawn Together, Highly Recommended 2007 – Arts Spectacular Competition, The People’s Choice Award 2005 – Faces of Arranounbi, Redcliffe Cultural Centre

JANDAMARRA CADD

Title: ‘We Are That Land’ Artist: Jandamarra Cadd Size: 175 cm x 157 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $34,000

WE ARE THAT LAND FINALIST Glencore Percival Portrait Painting Prize 2016 This portrait was created using only traditional dotwork to create the form of Uncle Bob Randall. This piece is representative of the connection that Aboriginal people have to the land and how it is at the core of their identity. Uncle Bob was a dear friend and strong father-figure to me, and I commenced this painting while he was on a palliative journey and completed it in the weeks following his passing. Uncle Bob for me will always embody the spirit of the land and a integral connection that has been happening here for thousands of generations.

JANDAMARRA CADD

Title: ‘Vibration’ Artist: Jandamarra Cadd Size: 120 cm x 100 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $8,000

VIBRATION From the United Journey Collection

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PROUD Title: ‘Proud’ Artist: Jandamarra Cadd Size: 155 cm x 138 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Framed Price: $23,000

Portrait of Archie Roach FINALIST Archibald Portrait Prize 2014 “To me he is a man of great inspiration and strength, something that I have drawn upon throughout the challenges in my own life. I chose to paint this portrait as to show the significance of the connection between Aboriginal people and the land – the core of our culture. As the ochre dot work and it’s various contours could be viewed as a topographical view of a vast area of land, while at the same time they also make up the form of a strong, proud warrior as he gazes as our ancestors did for tens of thousands of years, looking out over the country with the glow of the fire on his back.” Jandamarra Cadd.

JANDAMARRA CADD

Title: ‘Mindaris Dreaming’ Artist: Jandamarra Cadd Size: 120 cm x 120 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $18,000

MINDARIS DREAMING From the Indentity Collection This painting shows that the land is Inseparable from the core identity of First Nation people. And that when they hold ceremony, dance, or share Culturally in any way, that they are sharing about themselves as the ‘oneness‘.

JANDAMARRA CADD

Title: ‘Same’ Artist: Jandamarra Cadd Size: 120 cm x 100 cm Medium: Oil and Acrylic on Canvas Price: $8,000

SAME From the United Journey Collection FINALIST in the Kennedy Art Prize 2018

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RADIANCE Title: ‘Radiance’ Artist: Jandamarra Cadd Size: 120 cm x 100 cm Medium: Oil and Acrylic on Canvas Price: $19,000

FINALIST in Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2016 and was the WINNER of The People’s Choice Award Just as the vibrant colours of this ancient land can be breathtakingly beautiful, equally is the innocent radiance of its youth. Completed entirely in traditional dot work.

JANDAMARRA CADD

Title: ‘Together’ Artist: Jandamarra Cadd Size: 175 cm x 101 cm Medium: Oil and Acrylic on Canvas Price: $10,000

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WALKING TOGETHER Title: ‘Walking Together’ Artist: Jandamarra Cadd Size: 194 cm x 194 cm Medium: Oil and Acrylic on Canvas Price: $19,000

From the KINSHIP Series This image for me represents the goal of modern Kinship relationship between the Original Peoples of this land and those who now also call it home. The importance of walking as one heart, one people, and one mob united towards a future where all people are treated equally and justly. A future where the inherent wisdom and richness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people and culture is embraced, sought and brought into balance through a reciprocal learning relationship.

JANDAMARRA CADD

Title : ‘Kazman’ Artist: Jandamarra Cadd Size: 151 cm x 101 cm Medium: Oil on Canvas Price: $5,000

KAZMAN From the Past, Present and Future Collection

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Title: ‘One Mob’ Artist: Jandamarra Cadd Size: 105 cm x 125 cm Medium: Oil on Canvas Framed Price: $10,000

ONE MOB

We first met Uncle Gilbert at The Dreaming Festival in 2010 and my wife took the photo that I used to paint this portrait. We spent many early mornings and late nights around the fire with him speaking his many languages, laughing and dancing. He had such a depth to him, and yet his energy was so joyous and he brought laughter to so many, even if they didn’t understand his words. I deeply respect what he’s doing as the custodian of his country and the legacy he’s passing on to the future generations

JANDAMARRA CADD

Title: ‘Warmth’ Artist: Jandamarra Cadd Size: 120 cm x 100 cm Medium: Oil and Acrylic on Canvas Price: $6,000

WARMTH From the United Journey Collection

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Title: ‘The Story Teller’ Artist: Jandamarra Cadd Size: 200 cm x 150 cm Medium: Oil and Acrylic on Canvas Framed Price: $30,000

THE STORY TELLER Connection to Country Series FINALIST in The Black Swan Portrait Prize 2015 WINNER of the Online People’s Choice Prize. For thousands of generations Aboriginal people have been sharing culture through dance, art and spoken word & actions. This portrait is completed entirely in dots to show that for Aboriginal people the land is their identity….you can view the painting as a landscape or a portrait, as they are one and the same and also represents connection to the ancestors.

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RESPONSIBILITY Title: ‘Responsibility’ Artist: Jandamarra Cadd Size: 120 cm x 100 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $7,000

From the KINSHIP Series The connections and responsibility to the whole community started early. Children as young as 6 years old would carry the younger ones on their backs when they got tired, and the girls would naturally tend to all the little ones regardless of birth-relation. This early learning of responsibility formed a solid foundation for knowing how to live in harmony and cohesion in a communal existence. This awareness of everyone contributing to benefit all – “oursness” was something not only learned but an innate knowing and understanding that was inseparable to life and the sustainable well-being of the whole.

JANDAMARRA CADD

Title: ‘Earth Goddess’ Artist: Jandamarra Cadd Size: 80 cm x 80 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $8,000

EARTH GODDESS From the Indentity Collection ‘This painting shows that the land is Inseparable from the core identity of First Nation people. And that when they hold ceremony, dance, or share Culturally in any way, that they are sharing about themselves as the ‘oneness‘.

JANDAMARRA CADD

Title: ‘Nature’ Artist: Jandamarra Cadd Size: 120 cm x 100 cm Medium: Oil and Acrylic on Canvas Price: $10,000

NATURE From the United Journey Collection

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Title: ‘Painting Nova’ Artist: Jandamarra Cadd Size: 150 cm x 150 cm Medium: Oil on Canvas Price: $28,000

PAINTING NOVA . ‘This painting shows A recreation of Nova Peris being painted up with Ceremonial Ochre. As she entered Parliament House for her inaugural speech as the first Aboriginal woman Senator.’

JEANNIE MILLS PWERLE

BUSH YAM DREAMING

Title: ‘Bush Yam Dreaming’ Artist: Jeannie Mills Pwerle Size: 230 cm x 120 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $10,500

JEANNIE MILLS PWERLE Jeannie Mills Pwerle lives in a remote bushland area of Utopia, 300 kilometers north east of Alice Springs with a small family group of Aboriginal people. Her mother is Dolly Mills Petyarre and her uncle is Greeny Purvis Petyarre (both of whom are well known artists). Raised by a generation of indigenous artists who were part of the batik producing generation of the 1970s, Jeannie was exposed to the success that these artists experienced as they began to experiment with acrylic on canvas. Jeannie inherited the Yam Dreaming from her mother, however as an artist, she has depicted this dreaming in a unique style which is all her own. In 2008 she was a finalist in the Testra Art Prize.

Jeannie’s subject matter is the flower and seeds of the Anaty (Bush Yam, or potato). Using a variety of colours in each brush stroke, she builds up a pattern of harmonious (and occasionally contrasting) colours, embedded in (or defined by) a multitude of fine white dots, usually executed with intricate detail. Her paintings capture the viewer’s attention as their eyes meander across the canvas, enjoying the harmonies and subtle variations in each brush stroke - no two being the same.Jeannie’s Dreamings are centred on the seeds and blossom of the desert yam and on associated women’s ceremony. Although the Bush Yam Dreaming is shared by several other Utopian artists, including the prominent artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Jeannie’s works are unique to her and immediately recognisable. Her works and the variegated colour tones within them, make fascinating pieces in the home, because their colours subtly change, deepen or brighten with every nuance of the ambient light. The originally thick stripes often represented the lines of yam tracks, which form the strange growth patterns of the yam, a plant which was critical for human survival in the desert, but was very difficult to find. The yam is a staple part of the bush tucker diet of many indigenous people from the Central Desert region. It has an impressive root system, spreading up to twelve metres from the stalk, and is commonly found in woodland areas nearby a water source. Its bright green leaves and yellow flowers, can spread over quite a wide area, growing strongly until after the rainfall months when it is harvested by digging it out of the ground. By depicting the Yam Dreaming in their paintings, indigenous artists are able to pay homage to this significant plant and encourage its continual rejuvenation.

JEANNIE PETYARRE (PITJARA)

Title: ‘Bush Medicine Leaves’ Artist: Jeannie Petyarre (Pitjara) Size: 199 cm x 91.5 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $5,300

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. Jeannie has exhibited in Europe, China and UAE. She has works in the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra and the Holme’s A’ Court collection, Perth.

JEANNIE PETYARRE (PITJARA)

Title: ‘Bush Medicine Leaves’ Artist: Jeannie Petyarre (Pitjara) Size: 146 cm x 93 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $3,900

JEANNIE PETYARRE (PITJARA)

Title: ‘Bush Medicine Leaves’ Artist: Jeannie Petyarre (Pitjara) Size: 180 cm x 90 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $7,500 (Photo has some smokey light flare in top half) 69

JOHN MARTONO

Title: ‘Broken Wings’ Artist: John Martono Size: 100 cm x 100 cm Medium: Painting and embroidery on pure silk Price: $2,800

JOHN MARTONO John Martono is an Indonesian artist who paints predominantly on silk. Silk is a difficult medium to work with and John fills the void of artists using this medium. His beautiful colourful works are also embroidered to enhance the textural dimension of the paintings. John’s works have been exhibited and collected worldwide and he has produced large works for prominent public venues in Indonesia. For John his paintings are an expression of his spirituality representing the happiness and sorrows of his psyche while for the viewer they offer a glimpse into the unknown through their mesmorizing abstraction of flowing lines and ethereal colours.

JOHN MARTONO

Title: ‘Flying’ Artist: John Martono Size: 150 cm x 150 cm Medium: Painting and embroidery on pure silk Price: $4,500

JOHN MARTONO

Title: ‘Handle with Love’ Artist: John Martono Size: 120 cm x 120 cm Medium: Painting and embroidery on pure silk Price: $3,500

JOHN MARTONO

Title: ‘Happiness’ Artist: John Martono Size: 100 cm x 100 cm Medium: Painting and embroidery on pure silk Price: $2,800

JOHN MARTONO

Title: ‘Happiness 2’ Artist: John Martono Size: 50 cm x 50 cm Medium: Painting and embroidery on pure silk Price: $1,600

JOHN MARTONO

Title: ‘Happiness on Fire’ Artist: John Martono Size: 150 cm x 100 cm Medium: Painting and embroidery on pure silk Price: $3,800

JOHN MARTONO

Title: ‘I Feel Good’ Artist: John Martono Size: 120 cm x 180 cm Medium: Painting and embroidery on pure silk Price: $5,200

JOHN MARTONO

Title: ‘I Need Another Higher’ Artist: John Martono Size: 150 cm x 120 cm Medium: Painting and embroidery on pure silk Price: $3,800 77

JOHN MARTONO

Title: ‘I’m Here’ Artist: John Martono Size: 150 cm x 100 cm Medium: Painting and embroidery on pure silk Price: $3,500 78

JOHN MARTONO

Title: ‘Love Air’ Artist: John Martono Size: 50 cm x 50 cm Medium: Painting and embroidery on pure silk Price: $1,600

JOHN MARTONO

Title: ‘Love Air’ Artist: John Martono Size: 100 cm x 100 cm Medium: Painting and embroidery on pure silk Price: $2,800

JOHN MARTONO

Title: ‘Talk and Move’ Artist: John Martono Size: 100 cm x 100 cm Medium: Painting and embroidery on pure silk Price: $2,800

JOHN MARTONO

Title: ‘Lost in Happiness’ Artist: John Martono Size: 100 cm x 100 cm Medium: Painting and embroidery on pure silk Price: $2,800

JOHN MARTONO

Title: ‘Talk of Love’ Artist: John Martono Size: 178 cm x 120 cm Medium: Painting and embroidery on pure silk Black ash edge frame Price: $5,200 83

JOHN MARTONO

Title: ‘Stay Here’ Artist: John Martono Size: 100 cm x 100 cm Medium: Painting and embroidery on pure silk Price: $2,800

JOY NAKAMARRA

JOY NAKAMARRA Title: ‘Dingo went Hunting and looking for Water and Food’ Artist: Joy Nakamarra Size: 60 cm x 60 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $600

Joy Nakamarra was born in 1956 at Coniston, North West of Alice Springs. Anmatyerrre/Alwayarr is her language group. She is a wellestablished artist having had a successful and long career. Joy’s painting style has a very distinctive, traditional design and her paintings are based on her family’s dreaming. Joy’s skin name in Numina and her dreaming is an important aspect of “women’s business” involving the ceremonies of the “bush tucker”. Joy Nakamarra’s Dreamings include Collecting Bush Tomato and Tracking kangaroo, Collecting Bush Berries and Sultanas, Collecting Bush Potato Beans and Water, Collecting Bush Onions, Collecting Honey Ants, Dingo Dreaming and Women’s Dreamings. Her paintings, like the one below, often combine areas of traditional dots and general brush marks. Her Dreamings have been handed down to her by her ancestors. Her easy sense of design and attention to detail, have earned her much acclaim, and her works have been extensively exhibited and highly collected both in Australia and Internationally.

JUNE SULTAN NAPANGA

JUNE SULTAN NAPANGA June Sultan Napanga is a Kaytetye aboriginal woman born in 1954 at Neutral Junction , near Barrow Creek NT. She now lives in Alice Springs. As an independent aboriginal artist and sister to Reg Sultan an acclaimed aboriginal artist, she paints traditional stories of Bush Tucker and Bush Medicine. Her most popular paintings are the Hunting Bush Tucker , Gathering Bush Tucker and Bush Tucker Dreaming. June also paints more abstract paintings about Aboriginal culture. This painting depicts both men and women hunting and collecting bush tucker. Various types of bush food can be seen in the painting including, Snake, Kangaroo, Emu and eggs. Aboriginal people collect bush tucker based on an intimate knowledge of the land. Bush tucker is used not only for it's culinary properties but also for medicinal purposes.

Title: ‘Hunting Bush Tucker’ Artist: June Sultan Napanga Size: 107 cm x 42 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $1,800

KAREN BIRD NGALE

Title: ‘Alpar Dreaming’ Artist: Karen Bird Ngale Size: 198 cm x 108 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Framed with black ash edge frame Price: $6,600

Skin name: Ngale Language group: Anmatyerre Country: Ilkawerne Area: Utopia Region, Central Australia Born: 1984 The daughter of Lindsay Bird Mpetyane, a senior elder and lawman of Ilkawerne country, Karen grew up at a small outstation in southern Utopia called Angkula. She attended Mulga Bore primary school in Utopia and later at Yirrara College in Alice Springs. Karen paints the Alpar Seed story which belongs to her country, Ilkawerne. She was taught by the senior women of Ilkawerne the stories, songs and dances associated with it.

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ALPAR PLANT

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. It grows abuntantly in the Utopia region in Ilkawerne Country 350 klm north east of Alice Springs where the women gather the black seeds and treat by soaking in water and grinding them to make damper. The leaves of the plant are also used to make medicine.

Title: ‘Alpar Seed’ Artist: Karen Bird Ngale Size: 90 cm x 90 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $2,500 88

LINDSAY BIRD MPETYANE

LINDSAY BIRD MPETYANE Title: ‘Ahakeye - Bush Plum Dreaming’ Artist: Lindsay Bird Mpetyane Size: 198 cm x 108 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Framed with black ash edge-frame. Price: $12,000 Skin name: Mpetyane (also spelled Mbitjana) Language group: Anmatyerre Country: Ilkawerne Area: Utopia Region, Central Australia Born: c. 1942 One of few male Utopia artists (although under Lindsay’s instruction there are more than previous years), Lindsay is an important tribal leader and senior lawman of his country, Ilkawerne, in the Utopia District which is North East of Alice Springs. Married to Mavis Petyarre, they have three daughters, Rosie, Jessie and Karen Bird Ngale.

LINDSAY BIRD MPETYANE

Title: ‘Ahakeye-Bush Plum Dreaming’ Artist: Lindsay Bird Mpetyane Size: 200 cm x 100 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $12,000 DETAIL

‘AHAKEYE (BUSH PLUM) DREAMING’ After the Utopia batik movement of which Lindsay was the only male to participate in, in 1987 Lindsay started painting. He uses the traditional symbols to tell his stories including concentric circles which represent the significant ‘place’ of the story (for example the Bush Plum tree) or a sacred part of the men’s story. Lindsay also uses his four traditional colours, consisting of the two ochres (yellow and red), black and white, each with specific meaning. As an important tribal leader of his country, Lindsay must choose a successor to continue to teach new generations about the lore’s and stories of his culture. Painting for Lindsay is not only a passion, but a sincere desire to continue his legacy of teachings and encourage the growth and interest of the Ilkawerne youngsters. Lindsays work is in collections in USA, Japan, Denmark, Poland, Italy and England. His works are in National Gallery of Australia Canberra, National Museum of Autralia, Parliament House Canberra, Royal Hibernian Academy Ireland, Holmes A’Court Collection, Winchester Regional Airport Collection USA, Powerhouse Museum, Art Gallery of South Australia, Queensland Art Gallery, Australian Art Gallery.

LINDSAY BIRD MPETYANE

DETAIL Title: ‘Men’s Dreaming’ Artist: Lindsay Bird Mpetyane Size: 198 cm x 108 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $12,000

MARGARET SCOBIE

Title: ‘Bush Medicine Leaves’ Artist: Margaret Scobie Size: 166 cm x 110 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $8,500 DETAIL

Margaret Scobie is an Anmatyerre woman from the Utopia region. She is the full niece of the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye and first cousin to acclaimed artists Gloria Petyarre and Adi Bird Petyarre. In her youth she lived on her ancestoral lands, Utopia but went to school in Alice Springs. She now resides in Alice Springs, although being an artist of Utopia and is one of the independent indigenous artists. Margaret has been painting most of her life taught by Gloria and her work is well recognized. She initially began her painting as part of the Women’s Body Painting ceremonies – ‘Awelye’. This is where the top of the women’s body is painted in designs relating the woman’s Dreaming. It is Women’s Business. In the ceremony and dance of the Awelye the women chant their Dreaming, remember their Ancestors, reflect on their responsibilities to their land and people and celebrate the constant supply of food through regeneration of the land, plants and animals. Margaret is famous for her brilliantly coloured ‘Bush Medicine Leaves’ which is a signature of her Petyarre family and she has works in every National Gallery in Australia and in major collections overseas.

MARGARET SCOBIE

Title: ‘Bush Medicine Leaves’ Artist: Margaret Scobie Size: 93 cm x 50 cm Medium: Acrylic on Linen Price: $1,250

BUSH MEDICINE LEAVES ‘Bush Medicine Leaves’ depicts the leaves from the native plants that grow in the desert in Central Austrtalia. Certain species have medicinal qualities and the indigenous women of Utopia collect the leaves, boil them and make them into an ointment when mixed with kangaroo fat. This is a traditional way of utilizing the healing properties of these medicinal plants and the ointment has uses for many ailments.

MARGARET SCOBIE

Title: ‘Bush Medicine Leaves’ Artist: Margaret Scobie Size: 95 cm x 50 cm Medium: Acrylic on Linen Price: $1,250

MARGARET SCOBIE

Title: ‘White Bush Medicine Leaves’ Artist: Margaret Scobie Size: 150 cm x 100 cm Medium: Acrylic on Linen Price: $4,200

MARGARET SCOBIE

Title: ‘Bush Medicine Leaves’ Artist: Margaret Scobie Size: 38 cm x 97 cm Medium: Acrylic on Linen Price: $1,200 96

MARGARET SCOBIE

Title: ‘Blue Green Fan -Bush Medicine Leaves’ Artist: Margaret Scobie Size: 150 cm x 90 cm Medium: Acrylic on Linen Price: $8,500

MELANIE HAVA

MELANIE HAVA Title: ‘Dancing Brolgas ’ Artist: Melanie Hava Size: 170 cm x 120 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $4,950

Melanie Hava is an aboriginal artist born in Mt. Isa and living in Far North Queensland. Her Aboriginal name is ‘Winden’ meaning ‘Green Pidgeon’. She is a Mamu woman, of Dugul-barra and Wari-barra family groups through her mother.. Her father is from Erns in upper Austria. Melanie celebrates her diverse culture in her painting by using the traditional Australian indigenous designs and stories while adding intricate ornate elements from her European heritage. Her Mother’s country is the Johnston River Valley catchment of the Wet Tropics of Far North Queensland and the adjoining Great Barrier Reef sea country. The rainforest and reef country are where Melanie draws her inspiration and she is also exploring her ancestoral connections to family and culture. Her style is unique and immediately recognizable. Melanie has had numerous solo and group exhibitions and is one of the shining stars in contemporary Australian indigenous art.

MELANIE HAVA

Title: ‘Kookaburras in the Gumtrees’ Artist: Melanie Hava Size: 91 cm x 91 cm Medium: Mixed Medium on Canvas Price: $2,550

PATRICIA KAMARA

Title: ‘Body Paint’ Artist: Patricia Kamara Size: 200 cm x 100 cm Medium: Acrylic on Linen Price: $4,200 DETAIL

PATRICIA KAMARA

Patricia Kamara is an indigenous artist from Anerara, Utopia about 350 klm north east of Alice Springs, NT. She is well known for her ‘Bush Medicine Leaves’ and is a connected in friendship to the Petyarre family. She also paints the ‘Awelye’ or Women’s Ceremony in which the women’s upper bodies are painted with the designs relating to their individual Dreaming. This is a women’s business, spiritual and meditative ceremony and dance in which the women chant their Dreaming, remember their Ancestors, reflect on their responsibilities to their land and people and celebrate the constant supply of food through regeneration of the land, plants and animals

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POLLY NGALE

Title: ‘Anwekety -Conkerberry’ Artist: Polly Ngale Size: 190 cm x 97 cm Medium: Acrylic on Linen Price: $12,000 DETAIL

POLLY NGALE Polly Ngale is one of the most famous and acclaimed artists of Utopia, 350 klms north east of Alice Springs. She was born in 1940 and is one of the senior elders of Alparra which is located I the center of the Utopia region. She began painting after begin part of the silk batik workshop around 1978. She paints the ‘Anwekety Dreaming’ which is about the Concerberry plant that grows in Central Australia. Polly uses a layered technique to dotting with the use of overlaying dots built up on other dots but not obscuring the underlying layer. This creates a 3 dimensional effect that is distinctly attributable to Polly. She has had a remarkable career as an artist with numerous international and Australian exhibitions since 1989. She has been a finalist in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Awards and a finalist the Contemporary Art Fair in Paris at the Grand Palais Champs Elysees. Her work is held in collection by Art Gallery of South Australia, The Holmes a Court Collection, The World Bank, Washington, Art Gallery of New South Wales, and The Holt Collection Polly was also represented in the exhibition ‘Emily Kngwarreye and her Legacy’ in Tokyo.

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POLLY NGALE

Title: ‘Anwekety Dreaming’ Artist: Polly Ngale Size: 195 cm x 117 cm Medium: Acrylic on Linen Price: $15,000 DETAIL ANWEKETY DREAMING This is otherwise known as the ‘Bush Plum’ which is reddy/purple when ripened. Polly paints the stages colour of this plant and fruit of this plant throughout the seasons and its Dreaming. The plant is collected by the Anmatyerre women for food and medicine. It is also the subject women’s ceremony in which the pay reverence to the plant and fruit and the Dreamtime story and spirit to assure its continued fertility. Polly’s paintings are an extension of these ceremonies in which she honours the plant and the Dreaming.

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REX WINSTON WALFORD

Title: Turquoise Milky Wayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Artist: Rex Winston Walford Size: 60 cm x 60 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $1,250 Price open to negotiation

REX WINSTON WALFORD

Rex Winston / Walford was born in 1968 and belongs to the Gamilaroi language group and resides on the Mid North Coast. Winston is selftaught and has emerged as a vibrant commercial artist, his work is held in various private collections nationally and internationally plus one public work to date. In 2012 Winston was awarded the People Choice Award in the Wollotuka Acquisitive Art Prize and has been a finalist on numerous occasions in the Parliament of NSW Aboriginal Art Prize and was commended in 2010.

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REX WINSTON WALFORD

Title: Gold Milky Way’ Artist: Rex Winston Walford Size: 90 cm x 90 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $2,500

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REX WINSTON WALFORD

Title: ‘Multi-coloured Milky Way’ Artist: Rex Winston Walford Size: 90 cm x 90 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $2,500

‘MILKY WAY DREAMING’ From a very early age Rex knew he was adopted, that much was obvious, as he looked different to his other siblings. He always knew that he had an Aboriginal family out there somewhere, although he didn’t know exactly how much until much later in life.As a child Rex would look up to the stars and the huge Milky Way galaxy and know that his Aboriginal family lived under these same stars. This gave Rex a feeling of immense pride: knowledge and feeling that he belonged to his country.To think that he could look up at the Milky Way and see the same stars that his father and mother and their mother and father had also gazed upon gave Rex an important spiritual connection to his country and his cultural past. Although the stories of his ancestors can now only be heard through the blowing of the breeze Rex can always feel their presence when he gazes into the stars.

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REX WINSTON WALFORD

Title : ‘Milky Way Dreaming’ Artist: Rex Winston Walford Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 90 cm x 90 cm Price: $2,500

PAINTING IS AVAILABLE IN SEVERAL COLOURS AND SIZES

Size: 30 cm x 30 cm Price: $275

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REX WINSTON WALFORD

Title : ‘Fingerprint DNA’ Artist: Rex Winston Walford Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 120 cm x 90 cm Price: $3,000

FINGERPRINT DNA PAINTINGS Rex paints your fingerprint in indigenous dot style. This is to connect that we are all individual and all different but all connected by having our own DNA markings. If you want your own aboriginal painting of your DNA mark that no one else under the sky has then all you have to do is supply Rex with your fingerprint and he will paint it in his unique style. There will only ever be one of these paintings so it is truly unique

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REX WINSTON WALFORD

Title: Fingerprint DNA (read above) Artist: Rex Winston Walford Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 120 cm x 90 cm Price: $3,000

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REX WINSTON WALFORD

Title: Fingerprint DNA (read above) Artist: Rex Winston Walford Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 120 cm x 90 cm Price: $3,000

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ROSEMARY EGAN NAMPIJINPA

Title: ‘Water Dreaming’ Artist: Rosemary Egan Nampijinpa Size: 120 cm x 65 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $2,100

ROSEMARY EGAN NAMPIJINPA Like her Grandfather and Father Jangala Egan, Rosemary Egan Nampijinpa has become a renowned indigenous artist. Born in Alice Springs the family lived in Ali Curung community north of Alice. Her father taught her to paint while he worked as a police tracker and was a respected elder of the community. She then lived at Yuendemu, north -west of Alice, where she started to paint in her own right with the Yuendema Community -Warlukurlangu -Artist Group. She paints the Ngapa - Water Dreaming, Water and Lightning, Water Emu Egg and Wild Spinifex Dreamings of her father’s country as well as Bush Red Berry, Orange and Passionfruit, Honey Ants and bush tukka, Women gathering bush banana, and wild berry from her own Dreaming. Rosemary has works in collections both in Australia and internationally.

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ROSEMARY EGAN NAMPIJINPA

Title: ‘Water Dreaming’ Artist: Rosemary Egan Nampijinpa Size: 200 cm x 90 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $3,900 DETAIL

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SONDA TURNER NAMPIJIMPA

SONDER TURNER NAMPIJINPA

Title: ‘Gathering Food’ Artist: Sonda Turner Nampijinpa Size: 120 cm x 50 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $3,500

Sonder, a Walpriri woman, was born in 1956 in the Tanami Desert near Yuenduma. The family walked for 6 months to move to Papunya because a new school was built there. Her father Paddy Jangala and his family were the first artists to paint on the building wall at Papunya after being asked by the art teacher Geoffrey Bardon and so the world-renowned Aboriginal Art movement of the Central Desert began. Sonda watched her uncles paint on canvas and then sell to the new Papunya Tula Art Gallery that now is acclaimed nationally and internationally. Sonder says “I started painting after watching my uncle and my uncle told me this is how you’ve got to paint it. You’ve got to paint your grandfather’s Dreaming and your grandmother’s Dreaming and don’t copy other people’s painting or other people’s Dreaming. You get in big trouble.” and she then developed her unique style. She now lives in Darwin but continues to visit her traditional country in the Red Centre. She has exhibited internationally and nationally. She has works in permanent collections around the world and these include: Artbank,Sydney. Nation Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Art Gallery of South Australia. Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth. Donald Kahn collection, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami. The Holmes a Court Collection, Perth. Malcolm Forbes, USA The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica, U.S.A.

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TOMMY COOK

Tommy Cook is an Anmatyerre man from the country around Utopia and Aileron Station north of Alice Springs. He is an aloof person who is connected to his country and culture. Tommy paints the ‘Snake Dreaming’ which is central to the men’s ceremony in which the men dance and sing about the two snakes growing up together and creating the landscape and the ceremonial sacred sights.

Title: ‘Two Snakes Dreaming’ Artist: Tommy Cook Size: 150 cm x 100 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Framed Price: $4,500

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TOMMY COOK

TOMMY COOK Title : ‘Two Green Snakes Dreaming’ Artist: Tommy Cook Size: 90 cm x 70 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $1,800

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TONY WILSON

Title : ‘ Family Series 1’ Artist: Tony Wilson Size: 155 cm x 91 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $ 7,000 each

Tony Wilson is a proud Aboriginal Australian artist also with Italian heritage. In his work he represents the Kaurna / Ngarrindjeri / Narrunga nations. His paintings explore the themes of identity, collective resonance and connectedness. Heavily influenced by his cultural heritage, interactions with people and environment, Tony’s work propels us to the space between our thoughts calling us to examine our relationships and the impact our interactions have on each other and our environment. Self-empowerment is a central theme of Tony’s paintings. He is passionate about sharing his knowledge with young people and works as artist-in-residence in local schools where he leads youth art mentoring programs. Tony’s artist work also uses photography.

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TONY WILSON

Title : ‘ Family Series 2’ Artist: Tony Wilson Size: 185 cm x 91 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $8,000

FAMILY SERIES

“These painting comes from the 'Family' series. It's an Acknowledgment to Leaders in our community, not only past and present but also our future leaders. Also, to those who inspire others to be the best version of themselves. It suggests the importance of how our present choices have impact on the people and environment now and into the future. It’s about empowering ourselves through empowering others.”

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TONY WILSON

Title : ‘ Family Series - Female ’ Artist: Tony Wilson Size: 185 cm x 91 cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Price: $8,000

FAMILY SERIES – FEMALE the Family Series are in two parts, Female Characters are blue pallet tones and Male Character pieces are in earth brown pallet tones.

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