Making a Mark

A Collection of Fine Spinifex Indigenous Art

Making a Mark

A Collection of Fine Spinifex Indigenous Art

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by IAN RICTOR of Spinifex Artists. The title is Tuwan. [17-010] (Acrylic on Linen) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by IAN RICTOR of Spinifex Artists. The title is Tuwan. [17-010] (Acrylic on Linen)
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IAN RICTOR

Tuwan
17-010
Acrylic on Linen
 Tuwan | 17-010
Acrylic on Linen
 137 x 90cm | 53.94 x 35.43in
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Ian Rictor is a senior Spinifex Man who lived a traditional nomadic life throughout the Spinifex Lands until he and his immediate family ’walked in’ to Tjuntjuntjara Community in 1986 making him one of the ’Last of the Nomads’. Here Ian has depicted the significant site of Tuwan, a place he knows intimately and has custodial responsibility for through birthright and paternal links. As such he is accepted as the authority on the Tjilpu Tjuta Tjukurpa (Many Birds Creation Line) that holds there.

Ian Rictor is a senior Spinifex Man who lived a traditional nomadic life throughout the Spinifex Lands until he and his immediate family ’walked in’ to Tjuntjuntjara Community in 1986 making him one of the ’Last of the Nomads’. Here Ian has depicted the significant site of Tuwan, a place he knows intimately and has custodial responsibility for through birthright and paternal links. As such he is accepted as the authority on the Tjilpu Tjuta Tjukurpa (Many Birds Creation Line)...