Monday, 7 June 2010

Small aboriginal art pieces

Here are some small paintings that went onto Mbantua Gallery's website last week. These original paintings, measuring 30x30cm, are generally priced between $94 - $190 and painted with acrylics on canvas mostly by aboriginal women of Utopia.

To the right is a painting by a woman named Pansy McLeod which represents a type of grass seed called ntang ngelyerr - kangaroos like to eat this. Although there is currently only one painting on Mbantua's website like this, Pansy will repeat this design so keep a look out in the future! I think it's soft and beautiful, especially with the warm colours that Pansy mixes up. Below left is a painting by Rosemary Bird Mpetyane of southern Utopia which represents the Alpar Seed story and below right is a new design by Natalie Mills Pwerl which represents the Anaty (desert yam) and its seed. Enjoy!


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