Please Note: This entire website contains names of Australian Aboriginal artists, some of who may be deceased or become deceased. If this is offensive to you, you should not read further.

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At the heart of all Australian Aboriginal art is the Dreamtime, a time before time when the spirits of the world emerged from the earth and wandered the country creating features of the land as they passed through it. Many of the subjects of Aboriginal paintings relate to the stories of "Dreamings".

Bark paintings are indigenous to the North of the continent, where the tropical weather fosters the growth of gum trees. During a period of the seasons the bark of the gum tree can be scored and stripped in large sections from the trees.

These slabs of bark are well-suited to provide shelter from the tropical rain that drenches the land. The inner side of the bark is cleaned to provide a smooth surface that becomes the medium for Aboriginal artists to illustrate their dreamtime stories while sharing them with youngsters and those being initiated into Dreamtime tales.

The bark paintings shown here represent different styles as used by different clans of the Aboriginal community. Each is significant to the artists and communities and worthy of identification of each painter's creative output.

Important Note:
All of these works, which were acquired by us whilst living in Australia, have been held in climate-controlled environments in the United States for decades, which means any purchaser in the USA will not have to contend with cross-Pacific shipment, customs duties or import delays.


34" x 21"
CY76 - Tiwi Islands

16 1/4" x 24"
K151 - Nalorlman

9" x 6 1/2"
KB58 - E. Blitner

38" x 19"
W724 - Mununggurr

69" x 22"
W752 - Djawida

17 1/2" x 47 1/2"
W758 - Neville Mardday

42.5" x 21.5"
W769 - Luke Nganjmirra

16" x 12"
W813 - Wanambi

24" x 11 1/2"
W816 - Marika

36" x17"
W818 - Gumana

44 1/2" x 22"
W821 - Maymuru & Wanambi

45" x 22"
W950 - Burrarwanga