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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
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Kutungka Napanangka |
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Hunting brown snake |
| Price: |
$1000.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA954, 2002 |
| Acrylic on linen canvas |
| 82 x 153 cm |
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This work shows women hunting brown snake along a rocky escarpment. The brown snakes are quick and disappear down into the rockholes. |
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$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
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$77 |
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$66 |
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Evelyn Nungarrayi Jugadai |
| Title: |
Yalka Tjukurrpa - Bush Onion Dreaming |
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$750.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA955, 2010 |
| Acrylic on linen canvas |
| 76 x 137 cm |
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Yalka Tjukurrpa is my grandfather's story. It shows the shell of the bush onion with its seeds in the middle, scattered on
the desert sand. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
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$66 |
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Alice Nampitjinpa |
| Title: |
Yamami, kami |
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$1050.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA957, 1999 |
| Acrylic on linen canvas |
| 76 x 137 cm |
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In this work the artist paints old women teaching their grandaughters the arts of cooking and homemaking. The women sit with coolamans and nulla nullas, surrounded by the children, represented in body paint form. Also shown are nearby rockholes and
their humpy homes. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
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$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
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$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 |
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$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
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$66 |
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Topsy Napurrurla Fisher |
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Ngapa Jukurrpa - Water Dreaming |
| Price: |
$900.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA805, 2011 |
| Acrylic on canvas |
| 61 x 107 cm |
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The site depicted is Puyurru, west of Yuendumu. In the usually dry creek bed are water soakages or naturally occurring wells. Two Jangala men, rainmakers, sang the rain, unleashing a giant storm. It travelled across the country, with the lightning striking the land. This storm met up with another storm from Wapurtali, to the west and was picked up by a ‘kirrkarlanji’ (brown falcon) and carried further west until it dropped the storm at Purlungyanu, where it created a giant soakage. At Puyurru the bird dug up a giant snake, ‘warnayarra’ (the Rainbow Serpent). The snake carried water with it to create a large lake named Jillyiumpa, close to an outstation in this country. In many paintings of this Jukurrpa curved and straight lines represent the ‘ngawarra’ (flood waters) running through the landscape. Motifs frequently used to depict this story include small circles representing ‘mulju’ (water soakages) and short bars depicting ‘mangkurdu’ (clouds). |
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$33 |
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$77 |
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$77 |
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$66 |
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Cynthia Nakamarra Wheeler |
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Yurrampi Jukurrpa - Honey Ant Dreaming |
| Price: |
$750.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA806, 2013 |
| Acrylic on canvas |
| 61 x 91 cm |
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Honey ants are a much prized delicacy, considered to be well worth the enormous effort it takes to dig them out of the ground. The ants dig tunnels quite deep under the ground in ‘jirrijirrinpa’ (mulga woodland) country. Branching from these passage ways are chambers (‘mingki’), from the ceiling of which the honey ants are suspended, full of food. With their swollen abdomens, the ants are unable to move. The country associated with this Jukurrpa is Wanakurdpanda, east of Yuendumu. This Jukurrpa also travels through Yuendumu. Honey ants can be identified by a little yellow stripe on their backs. |
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$33 |
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$77 |
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$77 |
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$66 |
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Sarah Napaljarri Simms |
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Pikilyi Jukurrpa - Vaughan Springs Dreaming |
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$500.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA807, 2015 |
| Acrylic on canvas |
| 61 x 61 cm |
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Pikilyi is a large and important waterhole and natural spring near Mount Doreen station. Pikilyi Jukurrpa (Vaughan Springs Dreaming) tells of the home of two rainbow serpents, ancestral heroes who lived together as man and wife. The woman ‘rainbow serpent’ was of the Napanangka skin group, the man was a Japangardi. This was a taboo relationship contrary to Warlpiri religious law. Women of the Napanangka and Napangardi subsection sat by the two serpents, picking lice off them. For this service, the two serpents allowed the women to take water from the springs at Pikilyi. This was because the serpents were the ‘kirda’, or ceremonial owners, for that country. The spirits of these two rainbow serpents are still at Pikilyi today. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
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$77 |
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$66 |
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Bess Napanangka Poulson |
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Ngapa Jukurrpa - Water Dreaming |
| Price: |
$500.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA813, 2014 |
| Acrylic on canvas |
| 61 x 61 cm |
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The site depicted is Puyurru, west of Yuendumu. In the usually dry creek beds are ‘mulju’ (soakages), or naturally occurring wells. Two Jangala men, rainmakers, sang the rain, unleashing a giant storm. The storm travelled across the country from the east to the west, initially travelling with a ‘pamapardu Jukurrpa’ (termite Dreaming) from Warntungurru to Warlura, a waterhole 8 miles east of Yuendumu. At Warlura, a gecko called Yumariyumari blew the storm on to Lapurrukurra and Wilpiri. Bolts of lightning shot out at Wirnpa (also called Mardinymardinypa) and at Kanaralji. At this point the Dreaming track also includes the ‘kurdukurdu mangkurdu Jukurrpa’ (children of the clouds Dreaming). The water Dreaming built hills at Ngamangama using baby clouds and also stuck long pointy clouds into the ground at Jukajuka, where they can still be seen today as rock formations. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
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$66 |
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