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 Aboriginal
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Aboriginal paintings are a rich and varied art
form. This online gallery offers a fine selection
of Australian Aboriginal paintings by artists from
communities in the Kimberley, Central and Western
Desert and Top End (including Arnhem Land) regions
of Australia.
The variety of painting styles in the regions
is described in our Regions
and communities section.
Paintings are arranged by regions - click on
the link to see paintings from a particular region.
If you want to read a short biography of the one
of the artists, go to the Art
and Artists section of our Website.
The prices below are in Australian dollars and
do not include packing, delivery and insurance
- use the "Enquire" button to confirm availability
of a painting and the cost of delivery. To check
the equivalent price in other currencies, use
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Lola Nampijinpa Brown |
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Warlukurlangu Jukurrpa - Fire country Dreaming |
| Price: |
$1300.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA810, 2016 |
| Acrylic on canvas |
| 61 x 152 cm |
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This Dreaming belongs to Warlukurlangu country to the south-west of Yuendumu. An old man ‘lungkarda’ (centralian blue-tongued lizard), of the Jampijinpa skin group, lived on a hill with his two Jangala sons. The old man would feign blindness and send the two boys hunting in search of meat. While they were gone he would hunt and eat anything that he caught before they returned. One day the sons returned with a kangaroo that they had caught after much tracking. Unfortunately the kangaroo was sacred to the ‘lungkarda’, unbeknown to the boys. In his anger the old man decided to punish his sons and the next time they went out, he put his fire stick to the ground and sent a huge bush fire after them which chased them for many miles, at times propelling them through the air. Although the boys beat out the flames, lungkarda’s special magic kept the fire alive and it re-appeared out of his blue-tongued lizard hole. Exhausted the boys were finally overcome by the flames. Usually sites that are depicted in paintings of this Jukurrpa include Warlukurlangu (a men’s cave), Kirrkirrmanu (where the sacred kangaroo was killed), Wayililinypa (where the fire killed the two Jangala sons) and Marnimarnu (a water soakage) where the two Jangalas camped |
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$33 |
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$77 |
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$77 |
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$66 |
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Alice Nampitjinpa Dixon |
| Title: |
Takubulangu |
| Price: |
$1850.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA950, 2007 |
| Acrylic on canvas |
| 102 x 137 cm |
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$33 |
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$77 |
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$77 |
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$66 |
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Molly Napaltjarri Jugadai |
| Title: |
Napaltjarri Sisters |
| Price: |
$900.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA952, 2007 |
| Acrylic on linen canvas |
| 91 x 121 cm |
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$33 |
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$77 |
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$77 |
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$66 |
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Jack Britten |
| Title: |
Toomoogooniji |
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$7900.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA092, 1999 |
| Ochre, clay and charcoal on canvas |
| 120 x 90 cm |
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On top of the booloo, the black limestone outcrops which traverse the landscape around the Bungle Bungles in the east Kimberley, Jack shows a high ridge with a rock precariously balanced - called Toomoogooninji - that he says was once a hunter who was turned to stone in the Dreamtime. The painting also shows several water holes which are usually part of the Ord River but which in the dry season reduce to a few billabongs. These are the habitat of kalruny, a water spirit that lives in all major bodies of water. Small pink areas represent 'bucket holes' which are found in the sandstone lining the river's bank in places. |
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$33 |
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$77 |
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$77 |
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$66 |
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Arone Meeks |
| Title: |
Cyclone Country |
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$4400.00 in Australia
$4000.00 for Export. |
| PA1253, 2008 |
| Acrylic on canvas |
| 62 x 183 cm |
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This work was produced during the build up to the big floods in Brisbane and titled after Cyclone Yasi hit the far north of Queensland. The three central themes are that of human connection, relationship to place and the nature of the environment. Concurrent and important sub-themes were issues relating to World Aids Day and domestic violence - two visual campaigns on issues directly affecting Indigenous communities. |
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$33 |
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$77 |
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$77 |
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$66 |
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Arone Meeks |
| Title: |
Dry Reef |
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$8800.00 in Australia
$8000.00 for Export. |
| PA1251, 2007 |
| Acrylic on canvas |
| 183 x 122 cm |
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This painting is about coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
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$77 |
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$77 |
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$66 |
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Arone Meeks |
| Title: |
Corridor |
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$8800.00 in Australia
$8000.00 for Export. |
| PA1252, 2010 |
| Acrylic on canvas |
| 122 x 183 cm |
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This work was produced during the build up to the big floods in Brisbane and titled after Cyclone Yasi hit the far north of Queensland. The three central themes are that of human connection, relationship to place and the nature of the environment. Concurrent and important sub-themes were issues relating to World Aids Day and domestic violence - two visual campaigns on issues directly affecting Indigenous communities. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
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$77 |
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$77 |
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$66 |
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Daphne Napurrula Marks |
| Title: |
Bush Flowers |
| Price: |
$590.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA956, 2007 |
| Acrylic on linen canvas |
| 112 x 137 cm |
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$33 |
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$77 |
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$77 |
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$66 |
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