Australian Contemporary Art

Original Botanical Oil Painting by Tarn McLean. Peanut Tree - or Red-Fruited Kurrajong, is native to Northern Australia. The tree is deciduous and can grow up to 15m tall with the se...

Original Botanical Oil Painting by Tarn McLean. Peanut Tree - or Red-Fruited Kurrajong, is native to Northern Australia. The tree is deciduous and can grow up to 15m tall with the se...

Original Botanical Oil Painting by Tarn McLean. The Agapanthus flower is native to South Africa and has been painted with lifelike colours of blues, violet...

Original Botanical Oil Painting by Tarn McLean. The orchid flower is delicate, exotic and graceful. This painting reflects a neutral colour pallet that is ...

A significant contemporary aboriginal painting by Kathleen Petyarre (1940-2018) in 2010. The painting was a rare oversize piece, exceptionally executed in earthy colors, showcasing m...

Jacqueline Fowler, Still Life With Japonica, Oil On Canvas - a beautiful decorative work depicting japonica blooms in a Japanese vase. Jacqueline Fowler was born in England in 1945 Jacqueline now lives and works in Australia. She paints in oils and pastels embracing a wide range of soft colours and subjects including figures, still life, florals and landscapes. Her landscape paintings are generally painted or sketched ‘en plein air’ with the weather and changing light adding to the challenge. Integral to her works are the vases, silk wall hangings...

An aboriginal contemporary painting by Australian artist Ningie Nangala (born 1938-). The colorful canvas depicts the artist's ancestral country called...

2006, Australian, Betsy Lewis Napangardi (1940-2008), Framed Mina Mina Dreaming, etching on paper. Number 5 of 60 and pencil signed Betsy Lewis with embossed seal. Information on the back of the work from the Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association and dated 1/11/2007, describes the story behind the work authenticates it. Dimensions: 17.5"w x 23.5"h x 1.5"d (framed) 7.5"w x 13"h (sight) Condition: Good. Not examined out of frame. Shows well. Ready to hang. Biography: Betsy Lewis Napangardi was a traditional Warlpiri woman from the Yuendumu Community region. Betsy was born in the bush just west of Yuendumu in the 1940’s, this was before hospitals and health clinics were available and accessible in the area. Betsy moved to Mount Doreen Station with her family at a young age. She was raised by Paddy Japanangka Lewis and attended the Yuendumu School. She spent her life living in Yuendumu. Betsy began painting full time in 1999 however she had been painting for Warlukurlangu Artists for some time before then. She was considered at the forefront of the move towards more abstract depictions of Aboriginal art however did maintain a strong connection to her Kurruwarri heritage. Her art is bright and textured with thick layers of paint. Some of her family members are also artists such as Margaret Lewis. Betsy is known best for five Dreamtime depictions - Snake Vine, Women’s Dreaming, Edible Fungus, Dreaming Site and Dogwood. The story of Jintiparnta is of the Napangardi and Napanangka women who collect Jintiparnta or Edible Fungus at Karnakarlangu. The area is also known as Mina Mina. The ancestral women would travel from here heading north and east toward Janyinki and Alcoota country. The Mina Mina is a ceremonial place which belongs to the Japanangka and Japangardi men and the Napanangka and Napangardi women. Water soakages, sand hills...

A wonderful work by Australian Aboriginal author/artist/ activist/dramatist Sally Morgan titled "Moon and Stars", perhaps inspired by one of her numerous ...

A wonderful work by Australian Aboriginal author/artist/ activist/dramatist Sally Morgan (1951- ) titled "Heartland", perhaps inspired by one of her numer...

A wonderful work by Australian Aboriginal author/artist/ activist/dramatist Sally Morgan (1951- ) titled "Home Country", perhaps inspired by one of her nu...

Intrigue yourself with the captivating Parisian streetscape depicted in this original color lithograph by Armin Birkel, titled "Blue City". Hand-signed by the artist, this piece tran...

A wonderful work by Australian Aboriginal author/artist/ activist/dramatist Sally Morgan (1951- ) titled "Coming Home", perhaps inspired by one of her num...

A stunning abstract painting by Australian Aboriginal artist Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa (also known as Mrs. Bennett; 1935-2013). Entitled "Tjukurla Country", this work was acrylic on Be...

Colleen M. Parker (1944-2008) Australia, emus and crows, oil on board, signed lower right. Educated at P.L.C. Pymble, studying art at school but otherwise largely a self taught ar...

Entitled "My Country", this bold and abstract landscape painting was by renowned Australian aboriginal artist Kudditji Kngwarreye (1928-2017). Acrylic painting on canvas, it was painted in 2012 and signed and inscribed on verso. The saturated colors and the visible brush strokes and intentionally uneven earth-like textures invokes the view of a landscape, partially real, partially imaginary. Kudditji Kngwarreye from the Utopia community in the Northern Territory. He was the skin brother of the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye and like his skin sister Emily, was one of the most prominent and successful artists in the history of contemporary indigenous Australian...

A large oil on canvas by extensively exhibited Australian artist, Beverley Downie, a painter whose keen interest in opera has strongly influenced her w...

A very large framed oil on canvas by extensively exhibited Australian artist, Beverley Downie. Downie's keen interest in opera has always influenced ...

Colleen M. Parker (1944-2008) Australia, landscape with crows, oil on board, signed lower right. Parker's work has been widely exhibited across Australia and her works can be foun...

William Ashton (1881-1963), Oil on canvas on board, signed lower left: Will Ashton. This work was probably painted on one of Ashtons painting trips to t...

A large aboriginal painting by Ningura Napurrula (1938-2013). Title: "Rockhole Site of Wirrulnga" Artists: Ningura Napurrula (Australian Aboriginal, c.1938-2013) Birthplace: Watul...

Description: "Caterpillar Dreaming" painting by Lorna Fencer Napurrula Lorna is a Senior Warlpiri Custodian and she is among a small group of women who collectively produced the fir...

"Sweet Potato Dreaming" painting by Lorna Fencer Napurrula Lorna is a Senior Warlpiri Custodian and she is among a small group of women who collectively produced the first paintings ...

Large aboriginal painting by contemporary artist Ningura Napurrula entitled "My country, rock holes". Canvas is not stretched for easy shipping. Ningura Napurrula (Australian Abor...

David Bromley immigrated with his family as a child to Australia where he still lives. Self-taught, he began his artistic career as a potter, and then, with a focus on painting, became known for his storybook images of his imagined British childhood. These images are the frequent subjects of his large oils on canvas, small embroideries and gorgeous silk screen prints with children playing, skipping, sleeping or at the seaside in boats, as if from the pages of Dick and Jane books...

A lovely Aboriginal contemporary painting by Abie Loy depicting Medicine leaves in Dreamtime. The alternating burnt orange and white dots contrast each other on the black background, a haze of orange mini-dots further providing a shifting visual effect that is subtle and mysterious. The painting comes with COA and photographs of the artist signing the painting. Abie Loy Kemarre...

Australian Aboriginal Painting "Bush Yam Dreaming" by Evelyn Pultara. Beautiful bright color strokes depicting the traditional aborigin...

A large painting depicting "woman's body paint" by Australian Aboriginal Artist Abie Loy Kemarre. Body paint is one of her inherited dreaming thus one...

A striking painting by famed Australian aboriginal artist Minnie Pwerle depicting her country "Awelyewe- Atnwengerrp". Intense colors, subtle hues transition and strong composition m...

A stunning and rather rare diptych aboriginal painting by Kathleen Petyarre that depicts one of her most iconic subject. Each painting is 44" x 44". "Mountain Devil Lizard Arnkerrth...