From Desert to Saltwater Country

A Collection of Fine Bidyadanga Aboriginal Art

From Desert to Saltwater Country

A Collection of Fine Bidyadanga Aboriginal Art

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by JAN BILLYCAN of Bidyadanga Artists (Yulparija & Mangala). The title is Kirriwirri. [22020] (Raw Pigment on Linen) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by JAN BILLYCAN of Bidyadanga Artists (Yulparija & Mangala). The title is Kirriwirri. [22020] (Raw Pigment on Linen)
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JAN BILLYCAN

Kirriwirri
22020
Raw Pigment on Linen
 Kirriwirri | 22020
Raw Pigment on Linen
 60 x 60cm | 23.62 x 23.62in
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"This place is the birth place of my father’s clan. Our clan is also named Kirriwirri, and call each individual members of this clan Kirriwirri. There is a a big warla (mud flat) at this place. This is what this painting is about."

Kirriwirri is in the Great Sandy Desert close to and west of Well 33 on the Canning Stock Route. It is the birth place of Jan and her family. This work shows tali (sand dunes) and jila (living water).