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. [17-315] (Acrylic on Linen) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by IAN RICTOR of Spinifex Artists. The title is Tuwan. [17-315] (Acrylic on Linen)
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IAN RICTOR

Tuwan
17-315
Acrylic on Linen
 Tuwan | 17-315
Acrylic on Linen
 200 x 230cm | 78.74 x 90.55in
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Ian has painted the significant site of Tuwan, located in the north of Spinifex Lands and a major site for the Nyii-Nyii Tjuta Tjukurpa (Zebra Finch Creation Line). This epic is a sacred ’Mens’ story that follows a group of zebra finch as they head south to the coast in search Rictor lived and walked by Tuwan for the early part of his life as a traditional hunter gatherer with his immediate family. As a small group, they were the ’Last of the Nomads’ who walked into the settlement prior to the establishment of Tjuntjuntjara Community. Relatives had been tracking the family, who were rumoured to have perished long before, for many months before finally convincing them to join other family in the settlement.

Ian has painted the significant site of Tuwan, located in the north of Spinifex Lands and a major site for the Nyii-Nyii Tjuta Tjukurpa (Zebra Finch Creation Line). This epic is a sacred ’Mens’ story that follows a group of zebra finch as they head south to the coast in search Rictor lived and walked by Tuwan for the early part of his life as a traditional hunter gatherer with his immediate family. As a small group, they were the ’Last of the Nomads’ who walked into the settlement...