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
currencies, use the Currency
Conversion link.
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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Jane Gimme |
| Title: |
Kinyu |
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$1700.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA105, 2015 |
| Acrylic on linen canvas |
| 150 x 75 cm |
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Jane has depicted Kinyu, her mother’s country located in the Great Sandy Desert, south west of Balgo. This country is very important: it attracts people and animals from the surrounding tali (sand hills) because it is full of mangarri (food). Small family groups have been travelling in this country for a long time. They go from one spot to another, hunting in the day and sleeping around the different rock holes (circular shapes) during the night. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
| Asia/Pacific |
$66 |
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Jane Gimme |
| Title: |
Wati Kutjara |
| Price: |
$800.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA101, 2016 |
| Acrylic on canvas |
| 50 x 100 cm |
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A long time ago in Tjukurrpa (Dreamtime) when there was no sand dunes, two men were rolling around making sand dunes. When they were pulling each other’s hair blood was coming out. It made the sand red. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
| Asia/Pacific |
$66 |
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Jimmy Tchooga Jnr |
| Title: |
Karnti |
| Price: |
$500.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA107, 2016 |
| Acrylicon canvas |
| 60 x 90 cm |
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This painting shows the objects and story associated with Jimmy's grandfather's Dreaming which is karnti (bush potato). This story is set in Jimmy's grandfather's traditional country of Tjukukalyu, east of Balgo in the Tanami Desert. The main feature of the painting is the karnti vine and the U shapes show women digging up the karnti using their digging sticks. The circles depict sacred sites for men and women. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
| Asia/Pacific |
$66 |
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Jimmy Tchooga Jnr |
| Title: |
Tjukukalyu |
| Price: |
$1500.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA108, 2015 |
| Acrylic on canvas |
| 80 x 120 cm |
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This painting shows the objects and story associated with Jimmy's Tjukurrpa (dreaming), given to Jimmy by his father. This story is set in Jimmy's traditional country of Tjukukalyu, east of Balgo in the Tanami Desert. The central weaving lines represent Tjurrnu (soak water) whilst the patterning surrounding it depicts the Tali (sandhills). |
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| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
| Asia/Pacific |
$66 |
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Francis Fernandez |
| Title: |
Lirrwati |
| Price: |
$700.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA100, 2017 |
| Acrylic on canvas |
| 80 x 120 cm |
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This painting shows country south of Yagga Yagga in the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia. Francis is telling the story of his grandmother walking around Lirrwati gathering bush tucker. She found bush carrots and bush coconuts. There are very high sand dunes (tali) around this way. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
| Asia/Pacific |
$66 |
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Tammy Kaline |
| Title: |
Bushtucker |
| Price: |
$2050.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA103, 2016 |
| Acrylicon linen canvas |
| 75 x 150 cm |
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Tammy has painted some of her grandmother's country named Tjukula, south of Balgo in what is now known as the Canning Stock Route. The story is of a number of women gathering bushtucker then sitting around camp sites, preparing the meal. The parallel lines are the ever present and dominant tali (sand hills) of the area. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
| Asia/Pacific |
$66 |
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Genevieve and Fiona James |
| Title: |
Namulu |
| Price: |
$700.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA109, 2016 |
| Acrylic on canvas |
| 60 x 120 cm |
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Genevevie and Fiona have painted some of their country named Namulu. The painting shows the dreaming story about Lurrnpa (the sacred king fisher bird) and how Lurrnpa carried his family to this land which had plenty of food to hunt and which had an abundance of soakwater sites. The footprints in the painting mark the tribes hunting and gathering food around Balgo. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
| Asia/Pacific |
$66 |
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Helicopter Tjungurrayi |
| Title: |
Wangkartu |
| Price: |
$4100.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA102, 2016 |
| Acrylic on canvas |
| 60 x 120 cm |
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Helicopter has painted some of his country south of Balgo, in the Great Sandy Desert. This country is named Wangkartu after the tjurrnu (soakwater) in this country. The parallel lines represent the tali (sandhills) that dominate the country. This is the country where Helicopter was born. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
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$66 |
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Balgo
Hills Paintings - Art from Wirrimanu
