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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...

Posted on January 15, 2007 9:02 PM

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...

Posted by Sonja on January 14, 2007 4:29 PM

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...

Posted by Sonja on December 7, 2006 1:03 PM

Awely (Body Paint)

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Posted by Sonja on September 3, 2008 11:48 AM

Awely - Body Paint

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Posted by Emma on June 18, 2008 4:32 PM

Wildflower Seeds

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Posted by Emma on May 20, 2008 12:17 PM

Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming

Lucky infuses her painting with colours of rainbows. Rainbow Dreaming is associated with ceremonies ensuring the fertility of species which is capable on the one...

Posted by Emma on May 20, 2008 11:52 AM

Rainbow (Mpwelarr) Dreaming

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Posted by Emma on May 13, 2008 10:30 AM

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...

Posted by Sonja on March 12, 2008 3:05 PM

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...

Posted by Sonja on March 12, 2008 3:05 PM

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...

Posted by Sonja on March 12, 2008 2:59 PM

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...

Posted by Emma on December 12, 2007 9:36 PM

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...

Posted by Emma on December 12, 2007 5:36 PM

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...

Posted by Emma on December 12, 2007 10:07 AM

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...

Posted by Emma on August 3, 2007 10:53 AM

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...

Posted by Emma on July 17, 2007 1:41 PM

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...

Posted by Emma on July 17, 2007 11:44 AM

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...

Posted by Emma on July 16, 2007 7:07 PM

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...

Posted by Emma on April 26, 2007 3:55 PM

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...

Posted by Emma on April 26, 2007 3:45 PM

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...

Posted by Emma on April 26, 2007 3:33 PM

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...

Posted by Sonja on March 25, 2007 6:31 PM

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...

Posted by Sonja on March 25, 2007 6:14 PM

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...

Posted by Emma on February 4, 2007 4:06 PM

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...

Posted by Emma on January 30, 2007 2:39 PM

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...

Posted by Sonja on January 25, 2007 4:58 PM

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...

Posted by Sonja on January 25, 2007 3:58 PM

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...

Posted by Sonja on January 25, 2007 3:53 PM

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...

Posted by Sonja on January 19, 2007 2:07 PM

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...

Posted by Sonja on January 14, 2007 3:17 PM

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...

Posted by Sonja on January 10, 2007 12:41 PM

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...

Posted by Sonja on January 10, 2007 12:11 PM

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 -...

Posted by Sonja on January 5, 2007 4:46 PM

New Aboriginal Art and Furniture Store for Paddington

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our new Eastern Desert Art and Furniture store - Bell & Son (named after the owners - Annable Fay and Sonja Chalmers). Based in the heart of Paddington, the store offers a wide selection of affordable early Australian and European furniture and art from the Eastern Desert in the Northern Territory. Go on down and enjoy a coffee with Bell while you browse through unusual and affordable early Australian and European furniture, glass and ceramics and admire exceptional Aboriginal art from important local painters of the Eastern Desert and Utopia region of central Australia. Work from Cowboy Louie Pwerle, Kathleen Ngala, Joy Kngwarreye Jones, Susan Pitjara Hunter, Ruby Kngwarreye Morton and Natalie Pula Holmes is on display this month. Prices start at $100.00 a piece for a beautiful triptych by Lucky Kngwarreye Morton.

Posted by Sonja on December 4, 2008 10:10 AM