John “Gurri“ Kelly, is an aboriginal Australian artist , who’s art depicts stories from his home and people the Dunghutti Nation, Kempsey north coast New South Wales (NSW). With every brush stroke, John Kelly imparts…
I was born inKempseyHospital to Lewis and Joyce Knox from North St, Kempsey. I was the eldest of five children and my family lived in Sydney, Walcha and then my family came back to Kempsey.…
Larry likes to paint animals from the local area on canvas, board, didgeridoos and boomerangs. Larry thinks about boys being sent away and if they would ever reconnect with their families. A meeting place referred…
Mabel Ritchie is a Dunghutti woman who was born in Newcastle. Mabel’s family moved back to her father’s home land, Burnt Bridge when she was very young where she grew up with her brothers and…
Maningrida Arts & Culture (MAC), formally established in 1973, is one of the oldest Aboriginal Arts Centre in Australia. Based in Maningrida community, MAC is currently servicing more than 700 artists from Maningrida and its…
Margaret was born in Macksville in 1973 and is a member of the Gumbayngirr language group. When my children were at primary school I time on my hands and wanted to learn something new. I…
Milton Budge, Thunggutti painter, was born on the 10th May, 1941 at Burnt Bridge Mission, Kempsey, NSW. He spent his early years on the Mission before being removed at the age of 13 by the…
Murray Belford Murray is a Pitta-Pitta man from the Channel Country surrounding the Boulia district in South West Queensland. He paints traditional and contemporary style artworks from stories that have been passed onto him by…
Natalie’s artworks are beautifully conceived paintings that challenge the viewer to really experience her interior world. Viewers are mesmerised by the layers of meaning, texture, colour and design. Instantly people want to touch and revel…
Nudge was born in Guyra in 1958. Â He belongs to the Biripi/Ngarabal language group. Nudge’s work has a strong connection to water. ‘ I try to put movement into my paintings, especially the water ones……
Nyree (Ngari) Reynolds was born in 1948 in Wollongong NSW. Nyree an Aboriginal woman of the Gamilaraay Nation is an Artist/Tutor based in Central West NSW. She has facilitated workshops for many years for disabled…
Patricia is an Aboriginal Consultant and Director of Dalang GaRumba which explores play with an Aboriginal perspective. Patricia is mutli talented and offers cultural workshops together with a range of aboriginal artefacts including clapping sticks,…
Patty is an emerging art who began painting in 2007 when she commenced classes at Greenhill Community College. ‘My children were growing up and I wanted to do something for myself so that I could…
I enjoy to paint turtles because it is part of my culture and heritage. In my culture turtles are used for food. We dive or jump into the Nulla Nulla Creek, after a flood is…
Rex was born in Sydney 1968 and belongs to the Gamilaraay language group. Rex was adopted by a white family at three months of age and grew up at Nyngan, a farming community in Central…
Dad’s Stories of the Dreamtime
Rosewood clapping sticks
Rosewood Clapsticks