Jimoordboord, 2024

$4,800.00

  • 76cm x 76cm x 5cm
  • 2024
  • Natural ochre and pigment on stretched pine frame canvas
  • Catalog No: 7058-24

Ben Ward has depicted his adopted father’s Country of Dunham River.  Running along the bottom is Doon Doon – Dunham River, which today travels towards Lake Argyle Dam. The shape in the centre of the painting depicts a valley where the Thegoowiyeng or ancestral pigeon lived. “The red chested pigeon created this country by scratching out the ground with his feet in the Dreamtime.” The blue line dissecting the shape is a small freshwater spring which runs towards Doon Doon during the wet season.

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