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| Today it was a visit to the Aboriginal collection at the gallery. |
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| Spring is everywhere, some fabulous gum blossums. |
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| They had early collections of Papunya paintings, they were originally sand paintings on the ground. Until 1971, a teacher called Geoffrey Bardon, encouraged men to paint their stories on walls. It then exploded into a amazing art market for Australia. This work above is by Kaapa Mbitjana Tjampitjinpa, "Turbulent Spirit Child", 1972, synthetic polymer powder paint on composition board. |
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| John Tjakamarra, 1973, Not Titled, synthetic polymer paint on composition board. |
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| Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri, "Sunrise chasing away the night", 1977-1978, synthetic polymer paint on composition board. |
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| They have a fabulous collecion of paintings by Albert Namatjira. This one is called "River Gum and Mount Gillen", 1951, painting in watercolour on paper. |
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| Albert Namatjira, "Old Man Ghost Gum, Ellery Creek", 1945, painting in watercolour on paper. |
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| Albert Namatjira, "Central Australian Landscape", 1955, painting in watercolour over underdrawing in black pencil. |
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| Mona Jukuna Chuguna, Pijaju Peter Skipper, "Jamirlangu (husband & wife)", 2003, synthetic polymer paint on canvas. |
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| Enraeld Munkara, "Purrukuparli the ancestral hero, and Waiyai", 1955, natural earth pigments and natural fibre on ironwood. |
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| Declan Apuatimi, not titled,1974, natural earth pigments on eucalpytus bark. |
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| Bardkadubbu, "Crocodile Dreaming", 1979, natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark. |
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| Unknown Artist, "Hunter and Emu", 1914 Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark. |
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| Tony Albert "Hopeless Romantic", assemblage, 2008. |
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| Timothy Cook, "Kulama", Natural earth pigments on linen. |
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| Djambu Burra Burra "Crocodile & Cypus Pine, 1997, Synthetic polymer paint on canvas. |
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| Barrupu Yunupingu "Gurtha" 2009, natural earth pigments on bark. |
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| Lin Onus, "Barmah Forest" 1994 Synthetic polymer paint on canvas. |
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| The Gallery has an excellent collection of prints and works by the American, Frank Stella. This one is called "Stubb & Flask kill a Right whale" 1992 etching aquatint relief and engraving. |
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| Frank Stella, "The cabin. Ahab and Starbuck", 1992, etching aquatint relief and engraving. |
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| Frank Stella, "Swan engraving", 1992, etching, relief and engraving. |
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| The view from the member's Lounge was spectacular... |
