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Paintings

 Aboriginal artists use a considerable variety of materials and techniques in painting. Some of these materials are rooted strongly in tradition - such as the use of ochre pigments in the Kimberley and bark from Arnhem Land. Other artists have adopted modern media and work with acrylic paints on canvas, archival paper or other surfaces.

We invite you to browse the paintings below at your liesure.

** Striking Australian Icons and Dot Work**

Neta's artwork is contemporary, fresh and exhilarating with touches and blends of traditional Dreamtime.

Neta learnt all of the European skills that enable him to compete in the world of fine art. By expressing the traditional Aboriginal art forms using modern materials and his natural instinct for color , form and texture, Neta creates breathtaking works that have an immediate appeal to overseas buyers, collectors and art dealers.

Paintings purchased from this gallery will vary slighty in colour and form, but we guarantee the Style and Quality of these Hand Painted Originals will remain the same.

 

Item No. 302501

"The Young Men of The Tribe Go Hunting"

( acrylic on rolled canvas 30cm x 25cm)

 

 

Item No. 30252

"Platypus Dreaming"

(Acrylic on canvas 30cm x 25cm)

 

Item No. 80601

"Corroboree"

( acryllic on canvas 80cm x 60cm)

 

Item No. 60253

Small Panorama Size

Goanna Dreaming

( acryllic on canvas 60cm x 25cm)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item No. 60252

Small Panorama Size

"Barramundi Dreaming"

(acrylic on canvas 60cm x 25cm)

 

Item No. 60401

"The Waterhole Is Full"

(  acrylic on canvas 60cm x 40cm)

 

 

Item No. 60402

Detail from "Red Earth"

(Acrylic on Canvas 60cm x 40cm)

 

 

 

  Item 80301

Large Panorama Size

"Wet Season Story In My Country"

( Acrylic on canvas 80cm x 30cm)

 

Item No. 60403

Detail from "Rainy Season Story"

(80cm x 60cm Acrylic on canvas)

     

Item No. 80605

"Crocodile Dreaming"

(  Acrylic on canvas 80cm x 60cm)

Dot Art

The modern art of the Australian desert is descended from forms of artistic display stretching back many tens of thousands of years.

The symbols used are found in ancient rock paintings and engravings as well as in small sacred objects made of wood and stone. They are also used in ritual contexts for painting the bodies of celebrants and for marking the ground surface on and around which ceremonies are performed.

Ancient as the ancestry of the dot paintings is, this modern art form is extremely new, in fact less than three decades old.


Artifacts

 

Aboriginal pottery and ceramics are a relatively recent development in Aboriginal art. While pottery is not a part of traditional aboriginal culture, nevertheless it has become an important element in the wide range of techniques used in artistic expression.

 

 


Crafts

Aboriginal group exchanged natural resources, such as ochres, and tools, such as stone axes and boomerangs, thus creating extensive trading networks. Goods such as dilly bags and woven mats travelled hundreds of kilometres from their original source.
For example, boomerangs made in Central Australians would find their way to Arhem Land and the surrounding islands. Didgeridoos from Arhem Land would find their way down to Central Australia. Pearl shells from the Kimberley were traded through Central Australia down into South Australia.
Trading networks were frequently incorporated into formal exchange systems. Large, gatherings of people came together for "exchange ceremonies" where regional specialities were traded. Ritual paraphernalia, sacred ceremonial objects , song verses and dance styles were also passed on from one group to the next at such gatherings.
 

Contemporary

Contemporary Aboriginal artists use a considerable variety of materials and techniques in painting. Some of these materials are rooted strongly in tradition - such as the use of ochre pigments in the Kimberley and bark from Arnhem Land. Other artists have adopted modern media and work with acrylic paints on canvas, archival paper or other surfaces.

One recent development in Aboriginal art has been the growth in pottery and ceramics.

 


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