dreamtime awakening
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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
Thank You
Questions?