rock art
Petroglyphs : Ocher paintings
These Karrinyarra ptroglyphs may be 17 - 22.000 years old and the ocher's 7-10.000 years old
As visual motifs they hold a continuum of creation stories/ myth from the 'Jukurrpa' (Dreaming).
After studying the stone carvings in neolithic Europe as championed in the New Grange /Boyne Valley /Ireland I was able to confirm the Phosphene Motif as a universal visual arts metaphore.
Petroglyph from rock hole on Eastern edge of Ilpily
Western edge of the Stuart Range Karrinyarra Outstation
Ocher paintings at Wattle Punu
This archetypal conversation gives contemporary arts a vision of connecting the collective back to the eternal: the centre of existence.
As a practicing cultural artist, I find this to be 'the essence' of our Karrinyarra Artists importance in the International Art World.
Llwyd : Japoonvale 2012
