Artists from the Wirrimanu
(Balgo Hills) community in far north Western Australia
have created one of the most distinctive regional styles
in Aboriginal art, renowned for its brilliant colours
and strong designs, including complex layered dotted
images.
For more information, see our pages on Balgo
art and artists. Short biographies are available
on the Balgo artists
pages. There are also limited edition prints by Balgo
artists in the Prints
gallery.
The prices below are in Australian dollars and do not
include packing, shipping and insurance - use the "Enquire"
button to confirm availability of a painting and the
cost of shipping. To check the equivalent price in other
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Note that works from the Balgo art centre are exempt
from Australian GST, so the prices shown below for Australia
and export are the same (unlike on some other parts
of our Web site). For more details about shopping, see
our Shopping and
online security section. All of the paintings below
are unstretched.
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Mavis Darkie |
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Mina Mina |
| Price: |
$600.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA111, 2009 |
| Acrylic on linen |
| 50 x 75 cm |
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Mavis has painted some of her grandmother’s (Nancy Naninurra} country located south of Balgo in the Great Sandy Desert. This country is known as Mina Mina, named for the tjurrnu (soak water) featured in the centre of the painting. This country is important women's country, and women of the Nungarrayi and Napanangka skin groups dance for this country. During the Tjukurrpa (Dreamtime) women danced around a central circle, and by their continuous dancing formed the tjurrnu at Mina Mina. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe |
$77 |
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Eubena Nampitjin |
| Title: |
Kinyu |
| Price: |
$1850.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA118, 2010 |
| Acrylic on linen |
| 30 x 40 cm |
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Eubena has painted some of her country south west of Balgo along the middle stretches of the Canning Stock Route. The majority of the painting shows the tali (sandhills) that dominate this country. The circular shape this is a tjurrnu (soakwater) named Midjul. This is the country where Kinyu the spirit dog lives. Eubena would often cover Midjul with leaves so Kinyu wouldn't come out and would also leave gifts of goanna for Kinyu. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe |
$77 |
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Sarah Daniels |
| Title: |
Mina Mina |
| Price: |
$1000.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA122, 2007 |
| Acrylic on canvas |
| 80 x 80 cm |
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Sarah has painted some of her country named Mina Mina located south of Balgo in the Great Sandy Desert. This is sacred women's country and is where they gather to perform ceremonies. The country here is dominated by tali (sandhills). |
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| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe |
$77 |
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Anthony Mutji |
| Title: |
Pilpalja |
| Price: |
$150.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA102, 2010 |
| Acrylic on canvas |
| 30 x 45 cm |
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Anthony has painted some of his grandfather's country south west of Balgo in the Great Sandy Desert. This country is located along the middle stretches of the Canning Stock Route and is named Pilpalja. The painting tells the story of an old man travelling through this country seeking water. All the rockholes he stopped at were dry causing him to eventually die. |
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| Australia |
$22 |
| North America |
$55 |
| Europe |
$55 |
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Graham Gordon |
| Title: |
Timal |
| Price: |
$400.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA106, 2010 |
| Acrylic on canvas |
| 30 x 80 cm |
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This work shows Timal the birthplace of Graham's father (Frank Gordon) located north of Kiwirkurra community. The story goes that his mother found Frank in this location. Frank Gordon grew up in this country learning the location of the waterholes of this system. Timal is a permanent water source in this region, even in 'hard' water times (drought). |
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| Australia |
$22 |
| North America |
$55 |
| Europe |
$55 |
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Peter Njamme |
| Title: |
Piparr |
| Price: |
$450.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA139, 2010 |
| Acrylic on canvas |
| 60 x 90 cm |
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Peter has painted his father's country which is south east of Yagga Yagga, Piparr. The painting depicts a Tjukurrpa (Dreamtime) story which explains the creation of five rockholes in the region. In the Tjukurrpa the people were forced to crawl on their knees and it was the marks of their knees in the ground that formed the rockholes. These rockholes are seen as the black circles in the painting. These ancestral beings all died when they fell into a fire during the Tjukurrpa. This is talis or sand dune country. This region is rich with the bush tucker called karnti or bush potato. The area is burnt for hunting and regeneration symbolised by the orange dots. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe |
$77 |
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Peter Njamme |
| Title: |
Piparr |
| Price: |
$250.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA135, 2010 |
| Acrylic on canvas |
| 30 x 80 cm |
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Peter has painted his father's country which is south east of Yagga Yagga, Piparr. The painting shows a Tjukurrpa (Dreamtime) story which explains the creation of five rockholes in the region. In the Tjukurrpa the people were forced to crawl on their knees and it was the marks of their knees in the ground that formed the rockholes. These rockholes are seen as the black circles in the painting. These ancestral beings all died when they fell into a fire during the Tjukurrpa. This is talis or sand dune country. This region is rich with the bush tucker called karnti or bush potato. The area is burnt for hunting and regeneration symbolised by the orange dots. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe |
$77 |
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Gracie Greene |
| Title: |
Tjalapa and Luurnkurta |
| Price: |
$550.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA103, 2010 |
| Acrylic on linen |
| 75 x 50 cm |
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This work depicts one of the Tjukurrpa (Dreamtime) stories for Gracie's country, south and south west of Balgo. For a long time two different lizards, Tjalapa (a skink) and Luurnkurta (Blue Tongue) lived together as good friends. One day they went their own ways to have their babies, before coming together again. Tjalapa began to make fun of the Luurnkurta's babies, teasing the mother and the babies, calling them ugly and telling them they all had big heads, and showing off the beauty of her own children. This shamed the Luurnkurta, who turned itself into a hill, called Kartamarta, which means big head. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe |
$77 |
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Balgo
Hills Paintings - Art from Wirrimanu
