Artist: Rover Joolama Thomas | Title: Gilky (Billabong) | Year: 1995 | Medium: ochre and acrylic on canvas | Dimensions: 50 x 70 cm

PROVENANCE
Warmun Aboriginal Corporation Cat No. R.T/22/95
Kimberley Australia Aboriginal Art Cat No. KA00173

ARTWORK STORY
This Gilky is in bush country at Billaloona my home country.

Artist Profile

COMMUNITY/REGION
Turkey Creek (Warmun), WA

LANGUAGE
Kukatja

BIOGRAPHY
Acclaimed as a cultural leader and the seminal figure in establishing the East Kimberley School, Rover Thomas is, according to almost every empirical measure, the most influential Aboriginal artist in the history of this movement… Continue Reading