The Kimberley indigenous art region is known for the deciption of Wandjina figures. In the culture of the Worora, Ngarinyin, and Wunumbul tribes, which make up the Mowanjum community, the Wandjina is the supreme spirit being who came from the Milky Way to create the earth and its people[2].
Wandjina are usually painted as full-length, or head and shoulder figures. Their large mouthless faces feature enormous black eyes flanking a beak-like nose. The head is usually surrounded by a band with outward radiating lines[3]. They are found in many rock art sites in caves and rock shelters throughout the Kimberley.
Wandjina Rock Carvings
[http://www.aboriginalculture.com.au/images/wandjina.jpg]
Lily Karedada is one of the most accomplished of contemporary Wandjina artists and she works with natural ochres and natural glue or acrylic binder on both bark and canvas.
- Lily Karadada
- Wandjina, 2003
- natural earth pigments on linen
- [http://www.artwhatson.com.au/cooeegallery/lily-karadada-the-last-of-the-great-wandjina-painters/wandjina_1]
Edition 08/99
Screenprint
[http://www.rainbowserpent.com.au/AboriginalArt.aspx?Category=Ltd+Edition+Prints]
Kevin is another distinctive wandjina artist with a unique style.
Wandjina Rock art
[http://www.aboriginal-art-australia.com/b/14414/1/kevin-waina.html]
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