by Richard | Aug 11, 2021 | Port Keats/ Wadeye art
Jabarrgwa (kneepad) Warrabadalumba Jabarrgwa (kneepad) Warrabadalumba painted in a classic Groote Elandt style. Many of his Groote Eylandt paintings center around elements of the East Wind dreaming of which he was a custodian. He also painted several barks depicting...
by Richard | Aug 8, 2021 | Port Keats/ Wadeye art
Nandabitta Maminyamandja Groote Island Bark Painting Nandabitta Maminyamandja is one of the few recorded artists painting in a traditional Groote Elandt style. His artworks depict the origin legend stories and dreamings of the Anindilyakwa people. He was born before...
by Richard | Aug 2, 2021 | Port Keats/ Wadeye art
Thomas Nandjiwarra Amagula Groote Island Bark Painting Thomas Nandjiwarra Amagula is one of the best-known aboriginal artists from the remote Groote Eylandt Islands in Arnhem Land. His most valuable works are those depicting traditional ceremonies and, Dreamtime...
by Richard | Jul 14, 2021 | Port Keats/ Wadeye art
Indji Tharwal Aboriginal art Indji Tharwal was an Aboriginal Australian artist working in Wadeye (Port Keats) from the 1960s to 1980s. He is one of a half dozen known artists who were documented painting in this area. If you have a painting on bark by Indji...
by Richard | Jul 4, 2021 | Port Keats/ Wadeye art
Port Keats painting Port Keats painting tend to be on oval pieces of bark or square with rounded corners. The earlier paintings of this region are the most collectible and have churinga-like designs. Painting on bark in Port Keats started in the late 1950s. 64...
by Richard | Jul 2, 2021 | Port Keats/ Wadeye art
Charlie Mardigan Aboriginal Painter Charlie Mardigan was an Aboriginal Artist painting in Port Keats in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the most prolific and I believe the best of the Port Keats Artists. Some of his better works I believe rival those of the early Papunya...
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