Ochre Dreaming: Stories from the East Kimberley

A Collection of Fine Warmun Aboriginal Art - 2009

Ochre Dreaming: Stories from the East Kimberley

A Collection of Fine Warmun Aboriginal Art - 2009

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by GABRIEL NODEA of Warmun Artists. The title is Dreamtime Flashback - Kija Country. [WAC 342/08] (Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by GABRIEL NODEA of Warmun Artists. The title is Dreamtime Flashback - Kija Country. [WAC 342/08] (Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas)
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GABRIEL NODEA

Dreamtime Flashback - Kija Country
WAC 342/08
Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas
 Dreamtime Flashback - Kija Cou… | WAC 342/08
Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canva…
 90 x 120cm | 35.43 x 47.24in
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This work is from a series of nine paintings Nodea created in response to a dream he had.  This shows several parts of the series.  At the top is ’Warramann Warraninj - Turkey Creek - Eagle Dreaming’ Nodea says.  This is a Ngarrangkarni (dreaming) site in the hills behind Warmun Community.  Below this are the half-kangaroo images from the Gurirr Gurirr dreamt by Rover Thomas and brought to life in performance originally by elders such as Paddy Jaminji.  At the very bottom is ’Kalapunj - Long Spear Dreaming - Turkey Hill.’  This site is close to Warmun on Nodea’s traditional country.

In the Ngarrangkarni (Dreaming) people had a trading relationship with their seaside countrymen.  Gija people would exchange spears they had made for seashells from the saltwater country.  The barter would take place at this spot.  At one such time two men were fighting over their trading and one of the men was killed.  All the trading stopped and all the spears were dropped at this place on what is now called Texas Downs Station.

Nodea painted the series for the first time in 2006 as nine separate images.  He is and is now translating the same work into individual pieces on a larger scale, each incorporating several elements from the original series.

This work is from a series of nine paintings Nodea created in response to a dream he had.  This shows several parts of the series.  At the top is ’Warramann Warraninj - Turkey Creek - Eagle Dreaming’ Nodea says.  This is a Ngarrangkarni (dreaming) site in the hills behind Warmun Community.  Below this are the half-kangaroo images from the Gurirr Gurirr dreamt by Rover Thomas and brought to life in performance originally by elders such as Paddy Jaminji.  At the...