Dingo Dreaming, 2002

synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

121 x 80 cm

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Provenance: Raft Artspace, Darwin, NT, Cat No. GB 82002-34 Lawson Menzies Auction, November 2005 Private Collection NSW
Artwork story: Goody Barrett (c. 1926–2010), also known as Lilwayi, was a senior Gija law woman and highly regarded artist from the East Kimberley region of Western Australia. She is closely linked to Dingo Dreaming (Ngarrankarni) stories, which she and her family—including her sister Lena Nyadbi and niece Katie Cox—depicted in their artworks. She was a member of the acclaimed Warmun Artists group, painting alongside esteemed figures like Rover Thomas and Queenie McKenzie and her artistic legacy lives on through her niece, Katie Cox, who carries on the tradition of creating intricate Dingo Dreaming canvases and stories. Dingo Dreaming relates the story of an old Dingo Man who travelled throughout the desert, sometimes as a dingo and sometimes as a human ancestral being, instructing the people living at isolated camps in law, language and ceremony.

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b. c. 1930

synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

121 x 80 cm

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Provenance: Raft Artspace, Darwin, NT, Cat No. GB 82002-34 Lawson Menzies Auction, November 2005 Private Collection NSW
Artwork story: Goody Barrett (c. 1926–2010), also known as Lilwayi, was a senior Gija law woman and highly regarded artist from the East Kimberley region of Western Australia. She is closely linked to Dingo Dreaming (Ngarrankarni) stories, which she and her family—including her sister Lena Nyadbi and niece Katie Cox—depicted in their artworks. She was a member of the acclaimed Warmun Artists group, painting alongside esteemed figures like Rover Thomas and Queenie McKenzie and her artistic legacy lives on through her niece, Katie Cox, who carries on the tradition of creating intricate Dingo Dreaming canvases and stories. Dingo Dreaming relates the story of an old Dingo Man who travelled throughout the desert, sometimes as a dingo and sometimes as a human ancestral being, instructing the people living at isolated camps in law, language and ceremony.