http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/ en Copyright 2012 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:11:17 +0930 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss This beautifully detailed work which stands on its own pedistal has been hand carved from the wood of the local native Bean Tree. The artist, Sandy Pitjara Hunter, works from a large section of the tree-trunk and uses various chisels to shape it. He then paints it black and applies various acrylic colours . http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/sandy_pitjara_hunter/footballer/ http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/sandy_pitjara_hunter/footballer/ Sandy Pitjara Hunter Bush Tucker Seeds Caterpillar (Aylperlayt) Dreaming Eastern Desert Eastern Desert Art Elizabeth Kamara Leo MacDonald Downs recent Sandy Pitjara Hunter Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:11:17 +0930 Sandy Pitjara Hunter who is in his early 50s, lives at Irrultja on Utopia in the Northern Territory with his wife Elizabeth Kamara Leo. He is the brother of artists, Susie, Annie, and Jessie Hunter. Sandy was born at MacDonald Downs and has lived in outbush all his life. His language is Alyawarr. This Perenty (Lizard or Iguana) has been hand-carved from the wood of the local native Bean Tree. Sandy works from a large section of the tree-trunk and uses various chisels to shape it. He then applies feathery strokes to its head and dotting to its torso in various shades of ochre-coloured acrylic paint. http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/sandy_pitjara_hunter/perenty_lizard/ http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/sandy_pitjara_hunter/perenty_lizard/ Sandy Pitjara Hunter Annie Pitjara Hunter Caterpillar (Aylperlayt) Dreaming Eastern Desert Eastern Desert Art Elizabeth Kamara Leo featured Susan Pitjara Hunter Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:23:54 +0930 This beautifully detailed work which stands on its own black pedistal has been hand carved from the wood of the local native Bean Tree. The artist, Sandy Pitjara Hunter, works from a large section of the tree-trunk and uses various chisels to shape it. He then applies feathery strokes to its head and dotting to its torso in various shades of acrylic paint. http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/sandy_pitjara_hunter/carved_wooden_birds/ http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/sandy_pitjara_hunter/carved_wooden_birds/ Sandy Pitjara Hunter Annie Pitjara Hunter carved wooden bird Eastern Desert Eastern Desert Art Sandy Pitjara Hunter Susan Pitjara Hunter Wally Pwerle Clark wooden artifacts Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:28:24 +0930 This beautifully detailed work which stands on its own black pedistal has been hand carved from the wood of the local native Bean Tree. The artist, Sandy Pitjara Hunter, works from a large section of the tree-trunk and uses various chisels to shape it. He then applies feathery strokes to its head and dotting to its torso in various shades of acrylic paint. http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/sandy_pitjara_hunter/carved_wooden_bird_2/ http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/sandy_pitjara_hunter/carved_wooden_bird_2/ Sandy Pitjara Hunter Annie Pitjara Hunter carved wooden bird Eastern Desert Eastern Desert Art investment Sandy Pitjara Hunter sold Susan Pitjara Hunter Wally Pwerle Clark wooden artifacts Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:41:47 +0930 This beautifully detailed work which stands on its own black pedistal has been hand carved from the wood of the local native Bean Tree. The artist, Sandy Pitjara Hunter, works from a large section of the tree-trunk and uses various chisels to shape it. He then applies feathery strokes to its head and dotting to its torso in various shades of acrylic paint. http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/sandy_pitjara_hunter/carved_wooden_bird_1/ http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/sandy_pitjara_hunter/carved_wooden_bird_1/ Sandy Pitjara Hunter Annie Pitjara Hunter carved wooden bird Eastern Desert Eastern Desert Art investment Sandy Pitjara Hunter Susan Pitjara Hunter Wally Pwerle Clark wooden artifacts Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:21:18 +0930 This painting depicts an aerial view of Sandy Pitjara Hunter's country as created by the Caterpillar Ancestor. Sandy maintains the men’s tradition of meticulously laid out geometric lines and circles representing the tracks and marks of the Ancestral journeys. His distinctive work consists of hundreds of carefully executed minute dots painted from an aerial perspective. Sandy uses iconography and abstract imagery to depict the sacred ceremony and the sites pertaining to that dreaming. The sacred sites are where the Dreaming occurs and where the power is still all pervasive. The symbols or signs denote places and sites or the tracks and pathways of the Ancestor. It is this system of beliefs - known as the Dreamtime (Altyerr) to the Anmatyarr and Alyawarr people of the Eastern Desert region – which form the basis of their law, social structure, kinship and governance. For the Alyawarr and Anmatyarr Bush men, the past is still alive and vital today and the Ancestor Spirits and their powers are present in the forms into which they changed at the end of the 'Dreamtime' or 'Dreaming', as the stories reveal. http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/sandy_pitjara_hunter/caterpillar_aylperlayt_dreaming_5/ http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/sandy_pitjara_hunter/caterpillar_aylperlayt_dreaming_5/ Sandy Pitjara Hunter Annie Pitjara Hunter Bush Tucker Seeds Caterpillar (Aylperlayt) Dreaming corporate Eastern Desert Eastern Desert Art Elizabeth Kamara Leo Sandy Pitjara Hunter Susan Pitjara Hunter Mon, 12 May 2008 12:34:51 +0930 This painting depicts an aerial view of Sandy Pitjara Hunter's country as created by the Caterpillar Ancestor. Sandy maintains the men’s tradition of meticulously laid out geometric lines and circles representing the tracks and marks of the Ancestral journeys. His distinctive work consists of hundreds of carefully executed minute dots painted from an aerial perspective. Sandy uses iconography and abstract imagery to depict the sacred ceremony and the sites pertaining to that dreaming. The sacred sites are where the Dreaming occurs and where the power is still all pervasive. The symbols or signs denote places and sites or the tracks and pathways of the Ancestor. It is this system of beliefs - known as the Dreamtime (Altyerr) to the Anmatyarr and Alyawarr people of the Eastern Desert region – which form the basis of their law, social structure, kinship and governance. For the Alyawarr and Anmatyarr Bush men, the past is still alive and vital today and the Ancestor Spirits and their powers are present in the forms into which they changed at the end of the 'Dreamtime' or 'Dreaming', as the stories reveal. http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/sandy_pitjara_hunter/caterpillar_aylperlayt_dreaming_4/ http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/sandy_pitjara_hunter/caterpillar_aylperlayt_dreaming_4/ Sandy Pitjara Hunter Annie Pitjara Hunter Bush Tucker Seeds Caterpillar (Aylperlayt) Dreaming Eastern Desert Eastern Desert Art Elizabeth Kamara Leo investment Sandy Pitjara Hunter Susan Pitjara Hunter Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:17:28 +0930 Bush Tucker Seeds scattered in a mirage of colour all over his country of Utopia. Seen from an aerial perspective, the coloured seeds form beautiful patterns over a large tract of land. Sandy is renowned for his exquisitely fine exection of dot-work using a wide palette to produce a translucent finish. Well before the arrival of the Europeans, the Aboriginal people made extremely good use of naturally available foods found on the land. Living off the land, meant they had to make use of what was available at any given time of the year, and generally from within their own tribal areas. The seeds are a good source of nutrition for the local people.]]> http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/sandy_pitjara_hunter/post/ http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/sandy_pitjara_hunter/post/ Sandy Pitjara Hunter Annie Pitjara Hunter Bush Tucker Seeds Caterpillar (Aylperlayt) Dreaming Eastern Desert Eastern Desert Art Elizabeth Kamara Leo featured investment Sandy Pitjara Hunter Susan Pitjara Hunter Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:03:18 +0930 Sandy is concerned with Caterpillar Dreaming. His painting depicts an aerial view of his country as created by the Caterpillar Ancestor. Sandy maintains the classical men’s tradition of meticulously laid out geometric lines and circles representing the tracks and marks of the Ancestral journeys. His distinctive work consists of hundreds of thousands of carefully executed minute dots in a broad harmony of colour. http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/sandy_pitjara_hunter/caterpillar_aylperlayt_dreaming_1/ http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/sandy_pitjara_hunter/caterpillar_aylperlayt_dreaming_1/ Sandy Pitjara Hunter Annie Pitjara Hunter Caterpillar (Aylperlayt) Dreaming corporate Eastern Desert Eastern Desert Art Elizabeth Kamara Leo Sandy Pitjara Hunter sold Susan Pitjara Hunter Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:32:32 +0930 This painting depicts the different kinds of Bush Tucker Seeds found in outback Australia. Bush Tucker is Australian Native Food & Plants. The seeds are found all over Sandy’s country and are a good source of nutrition for the people of this country. Well before the arrival of the Europeans, Australian Aboriginal people made extremely good use of naturally available foods found on the land. Living off the land, meant that the Aboriginal people had to make use of what was available at any given time of the year, and generally from within their own tribal areas. This local knowledge includes the best times to harvest the seeds as some can be toxic at certain times throughout the year. http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/sandy_pitjara_hunter/bush_tucker_seeds/ http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/sandy_pitjara_hunter/bush_tucker_seeds/ Sandy Pitjara Hunter Caterpillar (Aylperlayt) Dreaming Eastern Desert Eastern Desert Art Elizabeth Kamara Leo investment Sandy Pitjara Hunter sold Susan Pitjara Hunter Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:43:40 +0930 Sandy Pitjara Hunter's dreaming is Caterpillar Dreaming. His painting depicts an aerial view of the lay of the land as created by the Caterpillar Ancestor. These designs are almost like transfers of the ground designs used in ceremonies to celebrate the Caterpillar Ancestor. Pitjara Hunter’s paintings are characterized by meticulously executed minute dot-work. http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/sandy_pitjara_hunter/caterpillar_aylperlayt_dreaming/ http://www.utopianaboriginalart.com.au/aboriginal_art/sandy_pitjara_hunter/caterpillar_aylperlayt_dreaming/ Sandy Pitjara Hunter Annie Pitjara Hunter Caterpillar (Aylperlayt) Dreaming Eastern Desert Eastern Desert Art Elizabeth Kamara Leo investment Sandy Pitjara Hunter Susan Pitjara Hunter Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:35:34 +0930