Boab - Dora Cox Daisy Japulija

Boab - Dora Cox Daisy JapulijaPainted boab nut. Hand painted by Dora Cox. Boab nuts are synonymous with the Kimberley region. Many artists start their careers carving and painting boabs for sale as gifts, decorations and for sharing stories before moving onto painting on canvas and other art forms. Artefacts are made locally by artists and craftspeople, many of whom are Mangkaja artists. Keep an eye out for their paintings in our artwork section.

Parrang Parrang are small yellow flowers that grow in hot weather

working on the land

This is Eagle country here

you been grind him up with stone

Look at me now still walking

In this print

This is where I was born

AS A CHILD MY GRANDMOTHER TOOK ME COLLECTING BUSH FOOD AND FRUITS FROM ALONG THE RIVER

It's a big waterhole with lots of people there

Worlds within worlds and the space we take up is a small segment and most of the time blind to all the other worlds intertwined with ours

Edition #40/40

Working hard filling that trough