When I last visited Australia I had the privilege to visit two Aboriginal Art Galleries, for research of symbols and inspiration for making illustration. One Exhibition was called ‘Desert to Dunes’, situated in Ceduna, at an Aboriginal Arts and Culture Centre. I found the work outstanding due to the maturity of the work produced. However, after visiting the other Art Exhibitions in Port Lincoln, I was more aware of the symbolic influences they had in their paintings, as they played a major part in their stories.
Their paintings are full of colours, symbols and illustration.
I really enjoy the stories of dreamtime illustrated by the Aboriginal people. They have a wonderful way of describing key aspects of Aboriginal spiritual beliefs and life. Aborigines have always believed that the land they occupied was once vacuous - empty. This belief has been influenced by there ancestors and is of great mystery to them. They also believe that during Dreamtime, the land, the sky above and all they contained were formed by the actions of supernatural and mysterious beings.
I really enjoyed reading “How the Kangaroo Got a Long Tail, and the Wombat a Flat Forehead”
http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00747/dreaming/dreaming.html Stories like these influence my thinking.
I really enjoy the stories of dreamtime illustrated by the Aboriginal people. They have a wonderful way of describing key aspects of Aboriginal spiritual beliefs and life. Aborigines have always believed that the land they occupied was once vacuous - empty. This belief has been influenced by there ancestors and is of great mystery to them. They also believe that during Dreamtime, the land, the sky above and all they contained were formed by the actions of supernatural and mysterious beings.
I really enjoyed reading “How the Kangaroo Got a Long Tail, and the Wombat a Flat Forehead”
http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00747/dreaming/dreaming.html Stories like these influence my thinking.
| Aboriginal Paintings are inspirational |
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