Boab - Dorothy Forrest boab

Boab - Dorothy Forrest boabPainted boab nut. Hand painted by Dorothy Forrest Boab nuts are synonymous with the Kimberley region. Many artists start their careers carving and painting boabs for sale as gifts, decorations and for sharing stories before moving onto painting on canvas and other art forms. Artefacts are made locally by artists and craftspeople, many of whom are Mangkaja artists. Keep an eye out for their paintings in our artwork section.

those trees

desert country

This story was told to me by my grandfather and my people

My mother was born in this country that is why l paint her country

Jartaru jila (waterhole)

Elizabeth Jingle

I been visit there long time ago now

We would gift it to our teachers and people as a gift from our country

and flowers after the wet season

We walked longway to get here

took me to Noonkanbah clinic first

Jila rainmaker Rainbow Serpant moving underground