The Summer Collector's Show 2025: Outstanding works by founding artists and contemporary talents of First Nations art 1997 -2024
Current exhibition
Overview
The painting I do is all about my mother's country, Texas Downs Station - there's Old Texas and New Texas, which is the one still standing today. Balunggard is the name of Country, the place goes back a long way, from early ages. Our old people, ancestors survived and were living on this rough and beautiful landscape, as you see it today. This Country goes a long way before my grandparents and mother came along this Country
Patrick Mung Mung
Ngargaroon (Texas Downs)
YESTERDAY'S MASTERS, TODAY'S STARS
The Summer Collector's Show 2025 features founding artists and contemporary talents of First Nations art 1996-2024. Comprising paintings, works on paper, ceramics and sculptures by more than 30 founding artists and current talents of First Nations art across the country, the exhibition demonstrates the depth, breadth and progression of First Nations' art over almost 30 years. Earliest work is a 1996 etching by Kimberley master artist Rover Thomas and the latest a 2024 painting by young generation Ernabella artist Janice Stanley, whose work was recently acquired by Australian Parliament House in Canberra.
Artists include: Anita Pumani, Barbara Mbitjana Moore, Billy Thomas, Carlene Thompson, Colleen Kngwarreye Morton, Debra Nakamarra, Eileen Stevens, Freddie Timms, Janice Stanley, Jimmy Nerrimah, Nyapanyapa Yunupingu, Michelle Lewis, Lynette Lewis, Pepai Jangala Carroll, Rover Thomas, Tiger Palpatja, Wawariya Burton and many more...Plus a selection of works by Charles Blackman in celebration of Christabel Blackman's recent book Charles and Barbara Blackman: a decade of art and love.
WITH FEATURE EXHIBITION: Ngargaroon (Texas Downs)
In partnership with Warmun Art Centre.
An exhibition in celebration of the expansive East Kimberley Gidja country of Ngargaroon (Texas Downs Station) by its traditional owners and artists - the late master artist Churchill Cann, leading and senior painter Patrick Mung Mung and younger generation artists Mark Nodea, April Nulgit and Sevanna Carrington. Their many-hued, textured ochres depict aspects of their lands and creation sites of this lush country and its ancient, significant and important rock art sites.
Works
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Anita PumaniAntara - Maku Dreaming, 2024Synthetic polymer paint
on linen122 x 152 cm
48 x 59 7/8 in$ 4,400.00 -
Anita PumaniAntara - Maku Dreaming, 2024Synthetic polymer paint
on linen152 x 122 cm
59 7/8 x 48 in$ 4,400.00 -
Atipalku IntjalkiTjukurpa Mulayangu, 2024acrylic on canvas91 x 151 cm
35 7/8 x 59 1/2 in$ 4,200.00 -
Barbara Mbitjana MooreNgayuku Ngura - My Country, 2012acrylic on canvas152 x 122 cmSold
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Barbara WeirMother's Country, 2001acrylic on linen137 x 150 cm
54 x 59 1/8 in$6500 (includes 5% resale royalty) -
Belinda Golder KngwarreyeYam Flowers, 2022acrylic on linen100 x 200 cm
39 3/8 x 78 3/4 in$ 4,500.00Reserved -
Billy ThomasWaterholes and Sandhills in the Great Sandy Desert, 2002Natural ochre and pigments on canvas90 x 120 cm
35 3/8 x 47 1/4 in$ 22,000.00 -
Billy ThomasWaarllaNatural ochre and pigments on canvas60 x 30 cm
23 5/8 x 11 3/4 in
x 4 panels
Total dimensions 60 x 120 cm$ 16,000.00 -
Colleen Ngwarreye MortonWomen's Ceremony and Bush Medicine, 2024acrylic on linen152 x 122 cm
59 7/8 x 48 in$ 7,200.00Reserved -
Caroline Petrick NgwarreyeMy Beautiful Country, 2024acrylic on canvas155 x 145 cm
61 x 57 1/8 in$ 5,600.00Reserved -
Debra NakamarraTjintjintjin, 2023acrylic on linen91 x 46 cm
35 7/8 x 18 1/8 in$ 1,500.00 -
Debra NakamarraTjintjintjin, 2022acrylic on linen153 x 122 cm
60 1/4 x 48 in$ 10,900.00 -
Debra NakamarraTjintjintjin, 2022acrylic on linen122 x 122 cm
48 x 48 in$ 6,900.00 -
Doris Bush NungarrayiPapa Tjukurrpa, Nyumannu, 2017ink on Arches paper (unframed)57 x 76 cm
22 1/2 x 29 7/8 in$ 1,200.00 -
Eileen Yaritja StevensWanampi Tjukurpa, 2007acrylic on canvas131 x 110 cm
51 5/8 x 43 1/4 in$ 6500.00(includes 5% resale royalty) -
Estelle MunkanomeUntitled, 2019ochres on Arches paper (framed)76 x 57 cm
29 7/8 x 22 1/2 in$ 1,500.00 -
Freddie TimmsClaypan - Lissadell Station, 2010Natural ochre and pigments on canvas90 x 120 cm
35 3/8 x 47 1/4 in$ 18,000.00 -
Janice StanleyPantu (Salt Lake) , 2024acrylic on canvas99 x 68 cmSold
39 x 26 3/4 in -
Janice StanleyPantu (Salt Lake), 2024acrylic on canvas170 x 180 cm
66 7/8 x 70 7/8 in$ 8,800.00 -
Jack BrittenGullu - Walu - Purnululu , 2002Natural ochre and pigments on canvas60 x 80 cm
23 5/8 x 31 1/2 in$ 10,500.00 -
Jimmy NerrimahUntitledacrylic on canvas120 x 90 cm
47 1/4 x 35 3/8 in$ 9,000.00 -
Katrina TjitayiPiltati, 2024acrylic on linen100 x 150 cm
39 3/8 x 59 in$ 4,200.00 -
Katrina TjitayiPiltati, 2024acrylic on linen100 x 174 cm
39 3/8 x 68 1/2 in$ 4,900.00 -
Katrina TjitayiPukara Tjukurpa - Katrina's Story, 2024acrylic on linen76 x 150 cm
29 7/8 x 59 in$ 3,200.00 -
Lynette LewisWomikata Walka Tali / Sand dune, 2024acrylic on linen67 x 144 cm
26 3/8 x 56 3/4 in$ 4,500.00 -
Michelle LewisMichelle's Tjala Dreaming (Honey Ant), 2024acrylic on linen150 x 120 cm
59 x 47 1/4 in$ 5,200.00 -
Michelle LewisMichelle's Tjala Dreaming (Honey Ant), 2024acrylic on linen120 x 150 cm
47 1/4 x 59 in$ 5,200.00 -
Michelle LewisMichelle's Tjala Dreaming (Honey Ant), 2024acrylic on linen100 x 150 cm
39 3/8 x 59 in$ 4,200.00 -
Michelle Pula HolmesMy Country, 2023acrylic on linen152 x 122 cm
59 7/8 x 48 in$ 7,200.00 -
Muluymuluy WirrpandaBuḻwutja, 2020ochres on bark109 x 49 cm
42 7/8 x 19 1/4 in$ 4,000.00 -
Nyarrapyi GilesWarmarangu, 2007acrylic on canvas76 x 50.5 cm
29 7/8 x 19 7/8 in$ 2,200.00 -
Nyapanyapa YunupinguLarrani, 2012ochres on bark63 x 135 cmSold
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Kunmanara Pepai Jangala CarrollWalungurru, 2010acrylic on linen
100 x 170 cmSold
66 7/8 x 39 3/8 in -
Rover ThomasTokyo Crossroads, 1996Four-colour etching, sugar lift with aquatint, on Arches Vellin 300 gsm; zinc plate. Printed by Leon Stainer at Charles Darwin University Print Making Department.49.5 x 49 cm (image size)$9900 (includes 5% resale royalty)
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Kunmanara Tiger PalpatjaWanampi Tjukurpa - Mythical Rainbow, 2009acrylic on canvas153 x 102 cm
60 1/4 x 40 1/8 in$17,500 (includes 5% resale royalty)Reserved -
Wati WangkaSorcery at Aliwanyuwanyu: Ngintaka Tjukurpa, 2007acrylic on canvas88 x 153 cm
34 5/8 x 60 1/4 in$4900 (includes 5% resale royalty -
Kunmanara Wawiriya BurtonNgayuku Ngủra, 2008acrylic on linen152.5 x 122 cm
60 x 48 in$7500 (includes 5% resale royalty) -
April NulgitNgargaroon, 2023ochre on canvas100 x 100 cmSold
39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in -
April NulgitRed Robin Bird - "When robins appear, loved ones are near", 2023ochre on canvas45 x 45 cmSold
17 3/4 x 17 3/4 in -
Churchill CannYunurr, 2012natural ochre and pigments on canvas90 x 120 cm
35 3/8 x 47 1/4 in$ 7,700.00 -
Churchill CannBlack Butte, 2011natural ochre and pigments on canvas90 x 120 cm
35 3/8 x 47 1/4 in$ 7,700.00 -
Mark NodeaBalanangak - Texas Country, 2024ochre on canvas90 x 90 cm
35 3/8 x 35 3/8 in$ 3,600.00 -
Mark NodeaBalanak Country - Old Texas Downs Station, 2023natural ochres on canvas45 x 120 cm
17 3/4 x 47 1/4 in$ 2,300.00 -
Patrick Mung MungNgargaroon Country (Texas); Horse Creek, 2024ochre on canvas100 x 90 cm
39 3/8 x 35 3/8 in$ 6,700.00 -
Patrick Mung MungBulunggard - My Mother's Country; Old Texas & New Texas, 2022ochre on canvas100 x 90 cmSold
39 3/8 x 35 3/8 in -
Patrick Mung MungBoornoolooloo (Purnululu), 2023ochre on canvas90 x 90 cm
35 3/8 x 35 3/8 in$ 5,900.00 -
Sevanna Carrington BannahNgarrgooroon Country - Sevanna Carrington, 2024ochre on canvas45 x 45 cm
17 3/4 x 17 3/4 in$ 450.00 -
Sevanna Carrington BannahNgarrgooroon Country, 2024ochre on canvas45 x 45 cm
17 3/4 x 17 3/4 in$ 450.00 -
Yimula MununggurrDjapu, 2023earth pigments on Stringybark168.5 x 17 cm
66 3/8 x 6 3/4 in$ 4,200.00 -
Milminyina DhamarrandjiRulyapa (Larrakitj), 2022earth pigments and pva fixative on stringybark208 x 20 cm
81 7/8 x 7 7/8 in$ 4,800.00 -
Meŋa Munuŋgurr YaŋalkaDjapu ga Dhudi-Djapu, 2022earth pigments on stringybark213 x 21 cm
83 7/8 x 8 1/4 in$ 6,700.00 -
Jack NawililNamorrorddo (a profane spirit), 2016paperbark, ochre pigment, PVA fixative, natural fibres, bush wax and feathers158 x 9 cm
62 1/4 x 3 1/2 in$ 3,700.00 -
Jack NawililBuya male, 2023Kurrajong with ochre pigment, feathers and bush string175 x 10 x 10 cm
68 7/8 x 4 x 4 in$ 5,200.00 -
Jack NawililBuya Male, 2023Kurrajong with ochre pigment, feathers and bush string177 x 10 cm
69 3/4 x 4 in$ 6,900.00 -
Benyi StewartNgayuku Walka / My Design, 2024Stoneware21 x 17 cm
8 1/4 x 6 3/4 in$ 1,200.00 -
Carlene ThompsonKalaya Ngura - Emu Country, 2024Stoneware33.5 x 21 cm
13 1/4 x 8 1/4 in$ 2,700.00 -
Carlene ThompsonMaṉngu - Bird's Nest, 2024Stoneware47 x 23.5 cm
18 1/2 x 9 1/4 in$ 3,800.00 -
Carlene ThompsonCarlene's Mamu - Spirit Figures, 2024Stoneware50 x 27 cm
19 3/4 x 10 5/8 in$ 3,800.00 -
Carlene ThompsonKalaya Ngura - Emu Country, 2024Stoneware30 x 19.5 cm
11 3/4 x 7 5/8 in$ 2,400.00 -
Carlene ThompsonCarlene's Mamu - Spirit Figures, 2024Stoneware59 x 27.5 cm
23 1/4 x 10 7/8 in$ 4,800.00 -
Derek Jungarrayi ThompsonAra Irititja - Mission Days, 202321 x 18 cm
8 1/4 x 7 1/8 in$ 1,200.00 -
Elizabeth DunnKampurarpa Tjukurpa - Elizabeth's Story, 2024Stoneware25 x 24 cm
9 7/8 x 9 1/2 in$ 2,600.00 -
Elizabeth DunnKampurarpa Tjukurpa - Elizabeth's Story, 2024Stoneware29.5 x 27 cm
11 5/8 x 10 5/8 in$ 2,800.00 -
Renita StanleyMinyma Kutjara Wingellina, 2024Stoneware30 x 10.5 cm
11 3/4 x 4 1/8 in$ 1,600.00 -
Renita StanleyMinyma Kutjara Wingellina, 2024Stoneware34 x 18 cm
13 3/8 x 7 1/8 in$ 2,100.00 -
Charles BlackmanMoving Never Stopping (Kneeling Figure), c.2008/2016Bronze, Powder Coloured, (Mistletoe Green patina)17.5 x 26 cm
6 7/8 x 10 1/4 in3/9$ 2,500.00 -
Charles BlackmanFigure at Window, c.2008/2016Bronze, Powder Coloured (Intensity Summer patina 2016)15.5 x 19 cm
6 1/8 x 7 1/2 in3/9Sold -
Charles BlackmanLet's Dance (Cat and Figure), c.2008/2016Bronze, Powder Coloured, (Yellow Gold patina)30 x 52 cm
11 3/4 x 20 1/2 in2/9$ 4,900.00 -
Charles BlackmanThree Girls, c.2008Bronze26 x 18 cm
10 1/4 x 7 1/8 in8/9$ 3,500.00 -
Charles BlackmanNude and Cat at Window, c.2008/2016Bronze, Powder Coloured, (Mistletoe Green patina25.5 x 41 cm
10 x 16 1/8 in2/9$ 4,900.00 -
Charles BlackmanSeated Cat at the Window, c.2008/2016Bronze, Powder Coloured, ( French Blue Patina )25 x 18.5 cm
9 7/8 x 7 1/4 in2/9$ 2,800.00 -
Charles BlackmanSwimmer's Cove, 2011Watercolour on paper (framed)26 x 36 cm (image size)
10 1/4 x 14 1/8 in$ 4,200.00 -
Charles BlackmanAngel with Flowers, c.1954Ink on paper (framed)27 x 34 cm
10 5/8 x 13 3/8 in
41 x 47 cm$ 4,500.00 -
Charles BlackmanCatasauqua, 1985/2018archival pigment print on paper 1/1 (framed)70 x 70 cm (image size)
33 1/2 x 33 1/2 in
85 x 85 cm (framed)$ 2,300.00 -
Charles BlackmanMort 2 , 1985/2018archival pigment print on paper 1/1 (framed)70 x 70 cm (Image size)
27 1/2 x 27 1/2 in
85 x 85 cm (Framed)$ 2,300.00 -
Charles BlackmanDream Image, 2018archival pigment print on paper (unframed)72 x 80 cm
28 3/8 x 31 1/2 in
Paper Size: 88 x 92 cmArtist's Proof$ 2,450.00
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