Understanding Australian Aboriginal Art Susanne & William Waites Proprietors. Of Aboriginals: Art of the First Person

Dreamtime Awakening

Ancient Aboriginal Rock Art

Bark Painting

Painted on eucalyptus tree bark after it has been stripped from the tree, cured and scraped clean

Bark Painting

Neville Mardday / Namugarbadu
17.5 x 47.5

Bark Painting

Luke Nganjmirra / Gunwinggu
21 .5 x 42 .5

Bark Painting

Djawida / Kudjekbinj
21.25 x 69

Bark Painting

Daypurrun Garrwurra / Liyagamurri
54 x 21

Bark Painting

Larry Nalorman 16.25 x 24

Dot Painting

So called because it is created by using dots of paint.
Originally created on the ground at corrobborrees.
Used to educate young clan members about the Dreamtime stories and survival information.

Dot Painting

In the early 1970's, Geoffrey Bardon, a white art advisor
in the western desert of central Australia, convinced the
Aboriginal elders at Papunya to paint their Dreamings
on the community school's wall.

Dot Painting

The effect was so stunning that it launched an entire movement
of desert Aboriginal painting. First rendered on art board,
then on canvas, using acrylic paints provided by advisors
and potential buyers.

Dot Painting

Mervyn RubuntjaSnake DreamingAcrylic on Canvas24 x 16

Dot Painting

Xavier WimmijiThe Artist's Father's Country
Acylic on canvas
24 x 34.5

Dot Painting

Don Tjungarrayi
Wallaby Dreaming at the site of YarrunganyiAcrylic on Canvas

Dot Painting

Pansy Napangati
Water Dreaming
Acrylic on Canvas
30 x 36

Dot Painting

William Sandy
Ceremonial String Dance Dreaming
Acrylic on Canvas46.5 x 26.25

Dot Painting

Walala Tjapaltjarri
Tingari Cycle
Acrylic on Canvas
42 x 24.5

Dot Painting

Sonder Turner Nampitjinpa
Women's Story
Acrylic on Canvas
48 x 28

Dot Painting

Gabriella Possum Nungarrayi
Daughter of Master,
Clifford Possum Nungarrayi

Dot Painting

Gabriella Possum
Bush Tucker Dreaming
Acrylic on Canvas
37 x 35

Dot Painting

Gabriella Possum
Sugar Bag DreamingAcrylic on Canvas18 x 24

Dot Painting

Gabriella Possum
Bush Tucker DreamingAcrylic on Canvas
35 x 37

Dot Painting

Gabriella Possum
Bush Tucker Ceremony
Acrylic on Canvas
50 x 50

Dot Painting

Gabriella Possum
Soakage Dreaming
Acrylic on Canvas
22 x 22

Dot Painting

Gabriella Possum
Woman's Body Painting
Acrylic on Canvas26 x 22

Dot Painting

Gabriella PossumBush Wheat DreamingAcrylic on Canvas39 x 23

Dot Painting

Edwin Fernando(Tiwi)Crocodile
36 x 49

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