Entries from Utopian Aboriginal Art Artists tagged with 'Eastern Desert'
Sally Kemara Perkins
Energetic young artist Sally Kemara Perkins has recently begun painting for Eastern Desert Art. Her paintings are inspired by the landscape and flora of the...
Ruby Kngwarreye Morton
Ruby comes from a very large artistic family which includes her mother, Mary Kemarre Morton and her 4 sisters, Lucky, Sarah, Audrey and Hazel. Ruby...
Bessie Pitjara
Bessie Pitjara was born in 1960 into the Alyawarr tribe. She lives on Utopia with her mother, renowned artist, Polly Ngala and her aunties, Kathleen...
Natalie Pula Holmes
Only twenty three years of age, Natalie Pula Holmes is an emerging artist. Her fascination with painting goes back to her childhood in Tennant Creek...
Wally Pwerle Clark
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Julie Pangata
Julie Pangata was born in 1955 at Ti Tree in the Northern Territory. Her father (deceased) was Paddy Pananka Pangata and her mother is Rosie...
Mary Ngala Jones
Mary Ngala Jones was born into an artistic family. She is daughter of the painter Myrtle Petyarre and niece to Ada Bird Petyarre, Gloria Petyarre,...
Emily Kame Kngwarreye
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Hazel Kngwarreye Morton
Hazel Kngwarreye Morton was born in 1963 into a large artistic family. Her mother Kathleen Kamara Morton was wife number two to Billy (Stockman) Pitjara...
Jessie Pitjara Hunter
Jessie Pitjara Hunter was born in 1957 at MacDonald Downs and is the sister of renowned artists Sandy, Annie and Susan Pitjara Hunter. She, along...
Lisa Pula Mills
Lisa Pula Mills is the daughter of renowned artist Dolly Petyarre Mills. She was born at MacDonald Downs and now lives on Utopia with her...
Julie Sandover Robinson
Julie Sandover Robinson is a young energetic woman who lives with her extended artistic family on Utopia. Julie has only just begun her painting career...
Janice Kngwarreye Morton
Janice Kngwarreye Morton, born in 1959, is the youngest daughter of Utopian artists Mary Kemarre and Billy (Stockman) Pitjara Morton. As part of the Alyawarr...
Audrey Kngwarreye Morton
Born in June 1954 to Mary Kemarre and Billy (Stockman) Pitjara Morton, Audrey together with her sisters began her artistic career with her introduction into...
Sarah Kngwarreye Morton
Sarah Kngwarreye Morton, born in October 1958, is the third daughter of Utopian artists Mary Kemarre and Billy (Stockman) Pitjara Morton (deceased). Together with her...
Annie Pitjara Hunter
Annie Pitjara Hunter, sister to artists Susan, Jessie and Sandy Pitjara Hunter is becoming well known for the fine execution of her interpretation of Women's...
Polly Ngala
Polly Ngala was born in 1940 into the Anmatyarr tribe. She was married to Ray Yeramba (deceased) and now lives at Camel Camp on Utopia...
Mary Kemarre Morton
Mary Kemarre Morton - born in 1925 on MacDonald Downs - is one of the senior women on Utopia and therefore has responsibility for initiating...
Lucky Kngwarreye Morton
Lucky Kngwarreye Morton (Kngwarreye originally spelt Ngwarai) was born in 1949 on MacDonald Downs and is the daughter of artist and senior boss woman Mary...
Kathleen Ngala
Kathleen Ngala was born in approximately 1933 and is one of the senior boss women on Utopia. Her language is Anmatyerr and she is married...
Freddy Kngwarreye Jones
Freddy Kngwarreye Jones was born in 1939 on Old MacDonald Station. His father, Jacob Jones, was an authoritative Alyawarre man who traveled extensively as a...
Elizabeth Kamara Leo
Elizabeth Kamara Leo, born in 1953 in Alice Springs, into the Anmatyerr tribe and she now lives at the outstation of Irrultja, on Utopia Station,...
Dolly Petyarre Mills
Dolly Petyarre Mills was born in 1948 at Boundary Bore Outstation on Utopia Community in the Northern Territory and her language group is Alyawarr. Dolly...
Cowboy Louie Pwerle
Cowboy Louie Pwerle was born in 1941 on Old MacDonald station. He is the younger brother of Louie Pwerle (deceased) who was an important Utopian...
Gladdy Kemarre
Born in 1937, Gladdy Kemarre (also spelt Gladys) lives at the outstation of Camel Camp, Utopia. She paints her Dreaming - Bush Plum - as...
Joy Kngwarreye Jones
Sister of the renowned artist Lily Sandover Kngwarreye (deceased) and Freddy Kngwarreye Jones and auntie to Charlie Petyarre Jones, Joy Kngwarreye Jones was born in...
Susan Pitjara Hunter
Born circa 1966 into the Alyawarr tribe and the younger sister of artists Annie Pitjara Hunter, Jessie Pitjara Hunter and Sandy Pitjara Hunter, Susan lives...
Charlie Petyarre Jones
Charlie Petyarre Jones born in 1968 is son of renowned artist Freddy Kngwarreye Jones who sanctions what can be shown and painted. Charlie lives on...
Sandy Pitjara Hunter
Born in 1953 on MacDonald Downs into the Alyawarr tribe, Sandy Pitjara Hunter is greatly admired for his fine and precise dotwork and masterful use...
Angeline Pwerle Ngala
Born in 1947, Angeline Pwerle Ngala has come into international prominence with her interpretation of her Dreaming - the Bush Plum - Arnwekety on her...
Entries from Utopian Aboriginal Art Gallery tagged with 'Eastern Desert'
Awely - Body Paint
Jessie Pitjara Hunter was born in 1957 at MacDonald Downs and is the sister of renowned artists Sandy, Annie and Susan Pitjara Hunter. Her work...
Untitled
Natalie Pula Holmes’ work is shaped by the nature and landscape of the Eastern Desert, Central Australia. This work is inspired by patterns and shapes...
Bush Potato Dreaming
Lisa is from a family of renowned artists including her mother, Dolly Petyarre Mills, and her auntie, Gloria Petyarre Mills. As a relatively new, emerging...
White Bird
Janice Kngwarreye Morton comes from a large artistic family and is an exceptional sculptor of wooden artefacts. She lives on Utopia with her husband and...
Women Dancing
Janelle's paintings have always been noted as very contemporary in style and colour. Her earliest works featured bold lineage, dot work and traditional concentric circles....
Awely
Joy Jones’ inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely or women’s business. Awely describes everything associated with women’s ceremonies or rituals...
Wild Flowers
Lucky comes from a very large artistic family. Her mother, Mary Kemarre Morton and sisters Sarah, Ruby, Hazel, Janice and Audrey are all well known...
Snake Dreaming
Charlie is the son of renowned artist Freddy Kngwarreye Jones who sanctions what can be shown and painted. As well as passing his Dreaming onto...
Wallaby Dreaming
Freddy is one of the important elders of the Utopian land. He lives at Thelye community on Utopia and this is where he sits and...
Awely
Joy Jones’ inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely or women’s business. Awely describes everything associated with women’s ceremonies or rituals...
Bush Plum Dreaming
The Arnwekety is a small black current, rich in vitamin C. The small black berry has a sweet taste with a sour pip. Arnwekety can...
Bush Turkey Dreaming
Cowboy Louie lives at Mosquito Bore with his two wives, sisters, Carole and Elizabeth. His dreamings include that of the Bush Turkey (Arwengerrp), Emu (Ankerr)...
Awely
Joy Jones’ inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely or women’s business. Awely describes everything associated with women’s ceremonies or rituals...
Dancing Ladies
Gladdy laughs as she tells us about the joyous women's ceremonies where the Senior Women 'sing in' the younger women. They adorn their bodies in...
Dancing Ladies
Gladdy laughs as she tells us about the joyous women's ceremonies where the Senior Women 'sing in' the younger women. They adorn their bodies in...
Awely - Bush Women Dreaming
Susan Pitjara Hunter is sister to artists Annie, Jessie and Sandy. Her Dreaming is Awely and she calls her work Bush Women Dreaming. In her...
Bush Women Dreaming
In her paintings, Pitjara Hunter symbolizes all that is associated with Awely - the decorated torsos of the women the women's ceremonial sites or dreaming...
Awely (Body Paint)
Joy Jones’ inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely or women’s business which are ceremonies associated with women’s social structure and...
Honey Ant (Yerramp) Dreaming
This painting relates to the Honey Ant Ancestor. The Honey Ant is one of the main Dreamings of the women of the Eastern Desert, Central...
Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming
In this painting, one of her Autumn series, Ollie (Ally) Kemarre (deceased) depicts Bush Plum Dreaming. She has saturated the canvas in a profusion of...
Sand Dunes
Natalie Pula Holmes' Sand Dunes is an evocation of landscape encountered on her many travels to Lake Nash in the Northern Territory. She layers colour...
Sand Dunes
Natalie Pula Holmes' Sand Dunes is an evocation of landscape encountered on her many travels to Lake Nash in the Northern Territory. She layers colour...
Country
Mary Kemarre Morton - born in 1925 on MacDonald Downs into the Alyawarr tribe - is one of the senior women on Utopia and therefore...
Emu (Ankerr) Tucker Dreaming
Dolly is widely recognised as one of Australia’s leading Aboriginal artists and has works in major Australian and international collections. Her Dreamings include Yam Seed...
Emu (Ankerr) Tucker Dreaming
Dolly is widely recognised as one of Australia’s leading Aboriginal artists and has works in major Australian and international collections. Her Dreamings include Yam Seed...
My Place
Natalie Pula Holmes’ work is shaped by the nature and landscape of the Eastern Desert, Central Australia where she lives. The shimmering multi-coloured desert landscape...
My Place
Natalie Pula Holmes’ work is shaped by the nature and landscape of the Eastern Desert, Central Australia where she lives. The shimmering multi-coloured desert landscape...
My Country
Natalie Pula Holmes’ work is shaped by the nature and landscape of the Eastern Desert, Central Australia where she lives. The shimmering multi-coloured desert landscape...
Sand Dunes
Natalie Pula Holmes' Sand Dunes is an evocation of landscape encountered on her many travels to Lake Nash in the Northern Territory. She layers colour...
Wild Flowers
Sally Kemara Perkins is a young Eastern Arrernte artist whose paintings represent the landscape of her childhood and landscape of her travels. She derives her...
Wild Flowers
Sally Kemara Perkins is a young Eastern Arrernte artist whose paintings represent the landscape of her childhood and landscape of her travels. She derives her...
Wild Flowers
Sally Kemara Perkin’s work represents the landscape of her childhood and landscape of her travels. She derives her inspiration from the many and varied wild...
Bush Man
Susan Pitjara Hunter has carved this striking piece from the wood of the local Bean Tree. She uses a hammer and several different chisel to...
Footballer
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,...
Bush Potato Dreaming
Lisa is from a family of renowned artists including her mother, Dolly Petyarre Mills, and her auntie, Gloria Petyarre Mills. She is a relatively new...
Bush Potato Dreaming
Lisa is from a family of renowned artists including her mother, Dolly Petyarre Mills, and her auntie, Gloria Petyarre Mills. She is a relatively new...
Awely (Body Paint)
Annie Pitjara Hunter's inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely - Women's Business. Awely includes the painted designs and images associated...
Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming
Sarah Kngwarreye Morton's depiction of Rainbow Dreaming is suffused with shades of pinks, violets, blues and yellows. Rainbow Dreaming is associated with ceremonies ensuring the...
Perenty (Lizard)
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...
Yam Seed (Anaty) Dreaming
Dolly Petyarre Mills calls these paintings Yam dreaming. She says the ‘yam it spread everywhere’. She represents the yam roots spreading in a colourful complex...
Honey Ant Dreaming
Lucky Kngwarreye Morton comes from a large artistic family including her mother, Mary Kemarre Morton and sisters Sarah, Hazel, Audrey, Ruby and Janice. Her Dreamings...
Bush Women
In this abstract work Susan Pitjara Hunter depicts Awely (Body Paint) women's ceremonial body adornments. The women’s bodies are decorated in semi-circular stripes of natural...
Ladies Business
Julie Sandover Robertson's inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely or women’s business which are ceremonies associated with women’s social structure...
Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming
Daughter of the renowned Polly Ngala, Bessie has only just begun her painting career. Like her mother, Bessie paints her dreaming - The Bush Plum....
Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming
Daughter of the renowned Polly Ngala, Bessie has only just begun her painting career. Like her mother, Bessie paints her dreaming - The Bush Plum....
My Place
Natalie Pula Holmes is part of an exciting new generation of young painters who view life and landscape with a very different perspective to that...
My Country
Natalie Pula Holmes is part of an exciting new generation of young painters who view life and landscape with a very different perspective to that...
My Place
Natalie Pula Holmes is part of an exciting new generation of young painters who view life and landscape with a very different perspective to that...
Awely (Body Paint)
Joy Jones’ inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely or women’s business which are ceremonies associated with women’s social structure and...
Awely (Body Paint)
Joy Jones’ inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely or women’s business which are ceremonies associated with women’s social structure and...
Awely (Body Paint)
Joy Jones’ inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely or women’s business which are ceremonies associated with women’s social structure and...
Wildflowers
The morass of Wild Flowers produced after desert rains are the source of Lucky Kngwarreye Morton's inspiration. In this painting she uses a pastel pallette...
Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming
Here Gladdy Kemarre depicts the Bush Plum after the long summer with scorching winds dry and scatter the seed and husk of the bush plum...
Awely (Body Paint)
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Carved Wooden Bird
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...
Carved Wooden Bird
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...
Carved Wooden Bird
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...
Carved Wooden Bird
This beautifully detailed work has been hand carved from the wood of the local native Bean Tree. The artist, Wally Pwerle Clark, works from a...
Awely - Body Paint
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Coolamon
This beautiful coolamon has been carved from a local native bean tree. Coolamons are are used as vessels for carrying food or for carrying babies....
Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming
Julie's painting is her impression of the Bush Plum (Arnwekety) plant as it flowers into maturity across her country. The Bush Plum (Arnwekety) is a...
Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming
Julie's painting is her impression of the Bush Plum (Arnwekety) plant as it flowers into maturity across her country. The Bush Plum (Arnwekety) is a...
Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming
Mary Ngala Jones style is distinctively minimalist and she uses a very delicate dotting technique and traditional colours derived from natural ochres. Her Dreaming is...
Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming
Mary Ngala Jones style is distinctively minimalist and she uses a very delicate dotting technique and traditional colours derived from natural ochres. Her Dreaming is...
Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming
Mary Ngala Jones style is distinctively minimalist and she uses a very delicate dotting technique and traditional colours derived from natural ochres. Her Dreaming is...
Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming
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Wildflower Seeds
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Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming
On Exhibiton at: Australian Arts Projects 303 Tanglin Road, Singapore All Enquires through Gabrielle Cummins +65 6693 5018 Lucky infuses her painting with colours of...
Wildflower Seeds
Hazel depicts the colours of the wildflower seeds scatter across her country after severe winds. She layers with bursts of violet, orange and pink which...
Bush Women Dreaming
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Bush Women Dreaming
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Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming
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Awely (Body Paint)
Joy Jones’ inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely or women’s business which are ceremonies associated with women’s social structure and...
Caterpillar (Aylperlayt) Dreaming
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...
Wild Flowers
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Bush Women Dreaming
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Bush Women Dreaming
In this semi abstract work Susan Pitjara Hunter depicts Awely (Body Paint) women's ceremonial sites or dreaming places where women are gathered. The women’s bodies...
Bush Women Dreaming
In this semi abstract work Susan Pitjara Hunter depicts Awely (Body Paint) women's ceremonial sites or dreaming places where women are gathered. The women’s bodies...
Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming
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Awely (Body Paint)
Joy Jones’ inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely or women’s business which are ceremonies associated with women’s social structure and...
Kangaroo (Aherr) Dreaming
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Awely (Body Paint)
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Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming
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Caterpillar (Aylperlayt) Dreaming
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...
Bush Tucker Seeds
In this work, Sandy Pitjara Hunter depicts the Bush Tucker Seeds scattered in a mirage of colour all over his country of Utopia. Seen from...
Awely-Body Paint
Mary Kemarre Morton’s work symbolizes the different body designs painted on the women for the ceremonies. Underlying the work is layer upon layer of grid-like...
Bush Turkey (Arwengerrp) Dreaming
Cowboy Louie Pwerle is one of the highly regarded Elders of Utopia and is senior custodian for the Bush Turkey Ancestor. Here he depicts a...
Awely-Body Paint
In this semi-abstract work, Annie HUnter depicts the ochre body art of the women in ceremonial attire. These designs which are painted on the chest,...
Wallaby (Greyeng) Dreaming
This is the ground design for the sacred ceremony of the Wallaby. The designs are prepared on the ground during lengthy song cylces marking the...
Bush Men
Gladdy’s paintings of Bush Men relate to events of at least 100 years ago before white men came to the Central Desert region. Gladdy depicts...
Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming
Gladdy’s paintings depict the changing seasonal influences of the Bush Plum plant which is of great significance to the Anmatyerr and Alyawarr women of the...
Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming
Polly’s paintings depict the changing seasonal influences of the Bush Plum plant which is of great significance to the Anmatyerr and Alyawarr women of the...
Bush Women Dreaming
Susan’s inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely and the ceremonies associated with it. Awely refers to the ceremonial world of...
Bush Women Dreaming
In her paintings, Pitjara Hunter symbolizes all that is associated with Awely - the decorated torsos of the women the women's ceremonial sites or dreaming...
Wild Flowers
Lucky’s source of inspiration for Wild Flowers is from the colours, textures and patterns of the masses of flowering plants which spring up all over...
Wild Flowers
Lucky’s source of inspiration for Wild Flowers is from the colours, textures and patterns of the masses of flowering plants which spring up all over...
Wild Flowers
Lucky’s source of inspiration for Wild Flowers is from the colours, textures and patterns of the masses of flowering plants which spring up all over...
Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming
Gladdy Kemarre's painting depicts the changing seasonal influences of the Bush Plum plant which is of great significance to the Anmatyerr and Alyawarr women of...
Awely-Body Paint
Joy’s inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely or women’s business which are ceremonies associated with women’s social structure and ritual...
Honey Ant (Yerramp) Dreaming
Her inspiration is derived from her two Countries - Ngkwarlerlanem and Arnkawenyerr. The amazing Honey Ant provides the basis for this work. The Honey Ant's...
Awely-Body Paint
In this painting Elizabeth Kemara Leo depicts women’s bodies decorated in preparation for Women’s Business. They are painted as if seen from an aerial perspective....
Awely-Body Paint
Joy’s inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely and the ceremonies associated with it. Awely refers to the ceremonial world of...
Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming
Audrey Kngwarreye Morton depicts the patterns of the body of the Rainbow Spirit which comes to life in the form of a rainbow at the...
Bush Women Dreaming
In her paintings, Susan symbolizes all that is associated with Awely - the decorated torsos of the women the women's ceremonial sites or dreaming places...
Bush Women Dreaming
In her paintings, Pitjara Hunter symbolizes all that is associated with Awely - the decorated torsos of the women the women's ceremonial sites or dreaming...
Awelye - My Story
Emily Kame Kngwarreye completed this highly symbolic work in 1996 - the final year of her long rich life. The painting was commissioned by the...
Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming
The colours of the rainbow are mimicked in the bright, modern colours that Sarah uses in her paintings. Rainbow Dreaming, associated with ceremonies ensuring the...
Caterpillar (Aylperlayt) Dreaming
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...
Awely (Body Paint)
Joy’s inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely and the ceremonies associated with it. Awely refers to the ceremonial world of...
Awely (Body Paint)
Annie’s Awely paintings show several groups of women congregated around various ceremonial sites. It is at these ceremonial gatherings that the women, especially the younger...
Awely (Body Paint)
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Awely (Body Paint)
Annie Pitjara Hunter's inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely - Women's Business. Awely includes the painted designs and images associated...
Awely (Body Paint)
Annie Pitjara Hunter's inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely - Women's Business. Awely includes the painted designs and images associated...
Awely (Body Paint)
Annie Pitjara Hunter's inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely - Women's Business. Awely includes the painted designs and images associated...
Awely (Body Paint)
Annie Pitjara Hunter's inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely - Women's Business. Awely includes the painted designs and images associated...
Awely (Body Paint)
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Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming
Polly’s paintings depict the changing seasonal influences of the Bush Plum plant which is of great significance to the Anmatyerr and Alyawarr women of the...
Emu (Ankerr) Tucker Dreaming
Using a delicate dotting technique and dramatic juxtaposition of colours, Dolly Petyarre Mills depicts the track marks and grid-like patterns of the highly nomadic Emu....
Yam Seed (Anaty) Dreaming
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Bush Tucker Seeds
Elizabeth Kamara Leo uses a fine dotting technique to build layer upon layer of colour representing the bush tucker seeds scattered across the country. Dissected...
Awely (Body Paint)
Annie Pitjara Hunter's inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely - Women's Business. Awely includes the painted designs and images associated...
Wild Flowers
On Exhibiton at: Australian Arts Projects 303 Tanglin Road, Singapore All Enquires through Gabrielle Cummins +65 6693 5018 Lucky’s source of inspiration for Wild Flowers...
Wild Flowers
Lucky’s source of inspiration for Wild Flowers is derived from the colours, textures and patterns of the masses of flowering plants which spring up all...
Awely (Body Paint)
Joy’s inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely and the ceremonies associated with it. Awely refers to the ceremonial world of...
Awely (Body Paint)
Joy’s inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely and the ceremonies associated with it. Awely refers to the ceremonial world of...
Awely (Body Paint)
Joy’s inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely and the ceremonies associated with it. Awely refers to the ceremonial world of...
Bush Women Dreaming
In her paintings, Susan Pitjara Hunter symbolizes all that is associated with Awely - the decorated torsos of the women the women's ceremonial sites or...
Bush Tucker Seeds
This painting depicts the different kinds of Bush Tucker Seeds found in outback Australia. Bush Tucker is Australian Native Food & Plants. The seeds are...
Awely (Body Paint)
Joy’s inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely and the ceremonies associated with it. Awely refers to the ceremonial world of...
Yam Seed (Anaty) Dreaming
Using a delicate dotting technique and dramatic juxtaposition of colours, Dolly Petyarre Mills calls these paintings Yam Seed dreaming. She represents the yam roots spreading...
Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming
Lucky Kngwarreye Morton depicts the patterns of the body of the Rainbow Spirit which comes to life in the form of a rainbow at the...
Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming
On Exhibiton at: Australian Arts Projects 303 Tanglin Road, Singapore All Enquires through Gabrielle Cummins +65 6693 5018 Polly Ngala's applies layers of yellow, orange...
Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming
Polly Ngala paints the Dreaming, Bush Plum. Her paintings depict the changing seasonal influences on a plant that is of great significance to the Anmatyarr...
Awely (Body Paint)
In this painting Elizabeth Kemara Leo depicts women’s bodies decorated in preparation for Women’s Business. They are painted as if seen from an aerial perspective....
Wallaby (Greyeng) Dreaming
This is the very important ground design for the sacred ceremony of the Wallaby whose designs are prepared on the ground during the long song...
Honey Ant (Yerramp) Dreaming
Lucky Kngwarreye Morton comes from a large artistic family including her mother, Mary Kemarre Morton and sisters Sarah, Hazel, Audrey, Ruby and Janice. Her Dreamings...
Emu (Ankerr) Tucker Dreaming
The delicate patterning and subtle colours of Dolly's work depicts her country of Alhalker, Utopia. In fine patterning and subtle colours, Dolly depicts the track...
Emu (Ankerr) Tucker Dreaming
The delicate patterning and subtle colours of Dolly's work depicts her country of Alhalker, Utopia. In fine patterning and subtle colours, Dolly depicts the track...
Awely (Body Paint)
Annie Pitjara Hunter's inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely - Women's Business. Awely includes the painted designs and images associated...
Arlparra Country
To depict an image of her country of Arlparra, Angeline uses intense areas of dotting which are built up over a dark background. The changes...
Arlparra Country
Angeline Pwerle Ngala depicts her country of Alparra while it is still wet and glistening after rain. She depicts her country in shades of green,...
Emu (Ankerr) Tucker Dreaming
The women’s role as hunter and gatherer of food for the family provide her with the custodial role of the Emu Tucker Dreaming. The Emu...
Emu (Ankerr) Tucker Dreaming
The women’s role as hunter and gatherer of food for the family provide her with the custodial role of the Emu Tucker Dreaming. The Emu...
Caterpillar (Aylperlayt) Dreaming
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....
Awely (Body Paint)
In her paintings Susie Pitjara Hunter depicts women's ceremonial sites or dreaming places where women are gathered. The women’s bodies are decorated with natural ochres...
Awely (Body Paint)
Joy Jones’ inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely or women’s business and the painted designs and images associated with these...
Bush Turkey (Arwengerrp) Dreaming
Cowboy Louie Pwerle is one of the highly regarded Elders of Utopia and is senior custodian for the Bush Turkey Ancestor. Here he depicts a...
Bush Turkey (Arwengerrp) Dreaming
This painting depicts an aerial view of Cowboy's country as created by the Bush Turkey Ancestor. His distinctive work consists of hundreds of carefully executed...
Women Dancing
All of us women dance and sing when we make women's business Janelle Napaltjarri Stockman...
Emu (Ankerr) Tucker Dreaming 12
Using a delicate dotting technique and dramatic juxtaposition of colours, Dolly Petyarre Mills depicts the track marks and grid-like patterns of the highly nomadic Emu....
Awely - Body Paint 8
Joy Jones’ inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely or women’s business which are ceremonies associated with women’s social structure and...
Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming
Kathleen’s paintings depict the changing seasonal influences of the Bush Plum plant which is of great significance to the Anmatyerr and Alyawarr women of the...
Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming
The colours of the rainbow are mimicked in the bright, modern colours that Audrey uses in her paintings. Rainbow Dreaming is associated with ceremonies ensuring...
Wildflower Seeds
Hazel Morton depicts here masses of multi-coloured wildflower seeds scattered across her country - the aftermath of severe winds. 'Wildflower seeds make beautiful patterns all...
Wild Flowers
Sarah Kngwarreye Morton depicts the myriad of colours that she interprets from seeing the wildflower seeds scatter across her country after severe northerly winds. The...
Wildflower Seeds
This is Audrey Kngwarreye Morton's impression of wildflower seeds swirling scattered across her country. Layers of pinks, greys, taupes are built up over a dark...
Wildflower Seeds
Hazel Morton depicts here the myriad of wildflower seeds scattered across her country - the aftermath of severe northerly winds. 'Wildflower seeds make beautiful patterns...
Awely - Body Paint
In this series of paintings Elizabeth Kamara Leo depicts women’s bodies decorated in preparation for Women’s Business. They are painted as if seen from an...
Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming
The colours of the rainbow are mimicked in the bright, modern colours that Lucky uses in her paintings. Rainbow Dreaming is associated with ceremonies ensuring...
Awely - Body Paint
Joy Jones’ inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely or women’s business and the painted designs and images associated with these...
Awely - Body Paint
Joy Jones’ inspiration for her paintings is derived from her knowledge of Awely or women’s business which are ceremonies associated with women’s social structure and...
Bush Flowers
Here Gladdy depicts tufts of multi-coloured bush flowers spreading across a vast canvas layered in smoky greys and white. Bush flowers appear in abundance across...
Bush Men 6
Gladdy is one of the only women in this area painting scenes depicting tribal life (hunting, fighting, meeting) at the turn of the twentieth century....
Bush Men
Gladdy Kemarre is one of the few women in this area painting scenes depicting tribal life (hunting, fighting, meeting) at the turn of the twentieth...
Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming 4
Gladdy Kemarre paints the Bush Plum when the country is still wet and glistening shortly after rain. Her aerial view of her country in varying...
Bush Men 8
In this important historical series, Gladdy Kemarre depicts scenes of the life of the Alyawarr and Anmatyarr men. These scenes relating to events of at...
Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming 3
Gladdy Kemarre paints her interpretation of the much sought after Arnwekety which is a form of bush tucker that the women gather to feed to...
Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming
Polly is a senior custodian of the Bush Plum Dreaming at Arlparra and her paintings depict the bright yellow and rich oranges of the seeds...
Kangaroo (Aherr) Dreaming
This work depicts – from an aerial perspective - the ground designs for the sacred ceremonies for Freddy Kngwarreye Jones’s Dreaming – the Red Kangaroo....
Emu (Ankerr) Tucker Dreaming
Using a delicate dotting technique with subtle pastels, Dolly Petyarre Mills depicts the track marks and grid-like patterns of the highly nomadic Emu. They roam...
Yam Seed (Anaty) Dreaming
Dolly Petyarre Mills calls these paintings Yam Seed Dreaming. She says the ‘yam it spread everywhere’. She represents the yam roots spreading in a colourful...
Bush Turkey (Arwengerrp) Dreaming
Cowboy Louie Pwerle is one of the highly regarded Elders of Utopia and is senior custodian for the Bush Turkey Ancestor. Here he depicts a...
Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming
Rainbow Dreaming associated with ceremonies ensuring the fertility of species is capable on the one hand of bringing much needed water but also of causing...
Awely - Body Paint
Annie paints her experiences of being a part of the Women's business that is a tribal tradition for her people. The colours in her paintings...
Awely - Body paint
In this painting Annie Pitjara Hunter depicts her semi-abstract perception of women’s bodies painted in preparation for Women's Business. They are decorated with red, yellow,...
Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming 1
In this series Annie depicts the changing seasonal influences on the Bush Plum (Arnwekety)spraying the black background in a profusion of purples, reds and blues....
Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming
Annie Pitjara Hunter paints the Bush Plum after the long summer months when it has dried out and its seed and husk are scattered all...
Awely - Body Paint
In this painting Annie Pitjara Hunter depicts Body Paint. Women’s bodies are decorated in preparation for Awely - Women's Business. The women paint their upper...
Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming 9
Angeline Pwerle Ngala uses intense areas of white dotting built up over a dark background. She has applied a spray of orange and turquoise coloured...
Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming 6
Kathleen Ngala paints the Dreaming - Bush Plum which is a vital source of food and of great importance to the Anmatyerr and Alyawarr people...
Bush Men 7
In this important historical series, Gladdy Kemarre depicts scenes of the life of the Alyawarr and Anmatyarr men. These scenes relating to events of at...
Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming
Here Sarah Kngwarreye Morton represents the designs on the body of the Rainbow Spirit in pale blues and mauves obscured with white feathering applied with...
Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming
In her mini Autumn series Ollie Kemarre depicts the Bush Plum Dreaming saturating the canvas in a profusion of oranges, reds and yellows to create...
Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming
Sarah depicts the body of the Rainbow Spirit, as it emerges after a storm, in yellows, violets, greens and blues. She feathers the landscape in...
Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming
Lucky depicts the body design of the Spirit of the Rainbow Snake. The Rainbow Serpent or Snake is considered one of the most powerful and...
Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming
In this painting, Sarah Kngwarreye Morton depicts the body design of the powerful Rainbow Spirit in yellows and mauves. The Rainbow Serpent or Snake is...
Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming 2
Here Gladdy Kemarre paints the Bush Plum after the long summer months when it has dried out and its seed and husk are scattered all...
Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming 5
This Dreamtime story was given to her by her Grandmother and here she depicts the Bush Plum when the country is still wet and...
Awely - Body Paint
This very fine painting is Mary’s representation of body designs which are painted on the women for their Women's Business ceremonies. In ceremonies women’s bodies...
Emu (Ankerr) Tucker Dreaming
Using a delicate dotting technique and dramatic juxtaposition of colours, Dolly Petyarre Mills depicts the track marks and grid-like patterns of the highly nomadic Emu....
Awely - Body Paint
The women’s ceremonial body designs form the inspiration for Elizabeth Kemara Leo's new series of paintings. Elizabeth Kamara Leo paints brightly coloured body designs radiating...
Bush Flowers
Here Gladdy depicts in exhuberant bursts of colour the wild flowers which flourish all over her country after a good season. 'Flowers everywhere - pretty...
Emu (Ankerr) Tucker Dreaming
Using a delicate dotting technique and dramatic juxtaposition of colours, Dolly Petyarre Mills depicts the track marks and grid-like patterns of the highly nomadic Emu....
Bush Turkey (Arwengerrp) Dreaming
Cowboy Louie Pwerle is one of the highly regarded Elders of Utopia and is senior custodian for the Bush Turkey Ancestor. Here he depicts a...
Honey Ant (Yerramp) Dreaming
The Honey Ant is considered a delicacy by the Utopian women. The women search the country for the nests of honey ants and then dig...
Awely - Body Paint
Mary Morton’s entire oeuvre is devoted to Awely which refers to the ceremonial world of women’s business and includes women’s ceremonial body designs. These ceremonies...
Yam Seed (Anaty) Dreaming
Using a delicate dotting technique and dramatic juxtaposition of colours, Dolly Petyarre Mills calls these paintings Yam Seed dreaming. She represents the yam roots spreading...
Emu (Ankerr) Tucker Dreaming
Using a fine dotting technique Dolly Petyarre Mills depicts the track marks and grid-like patterns of the highly nomadic Emu. The women’s role as hunter...
Bush Plum (Arnwekety) Dreaming
Angeline Pwerle Ngala's painting of Bush Plum depicts the changing seasonal influences on a plant that is of great significance to the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr...
Awely - Body Paint
In this painting Annie Pitjara Hunter depicts women's ceremonial sites or dreaming places where women are gathered in nine groups. The women’s bodies are decorated...
Awely - Body Paint
In this semi-abstract work Annie Hunter depicts the body paint the women apply for their women's business ceremonies. 'We paint it this way and that...
Awely - Body Paint
Joy Kngwarreye Jones’ principal theme is in this painting is Awely (Women’s Business). The traditional ceremonial designs painted on the chest, breasts and shoulders of...
Wild Flowers
Here Lucky Morton depicts masses of blooming wildflowers which flourish all over her country after the summer rains. 'Wild Flowers all over my country -...
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