Dancing Mimi Man With Men's Clapsticks, c.1995

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

90 x 62.5 cm

$1,000

Provenance: Katherine Art Gallery, Katherine, NT, Cat No. P-1097 Lloyds Auctions
Artwork story: During his lifetime, renowned artist, dancer, didgeridoo player and storyteller, Paddy Fordham Wainburranga embodied the living history of the people of Australia’s far north. He first encountered whites at the age of eleven when, with European settlement encroaching on their lands, the Rembarrnga people were settled at Maningrida. During the later part of his life Paddy Fordham showed a preference for simple, uncluttered imagery that appealed to the many visitors to the Katherine area where his work was featured as a mural on the outer walls of the Tourist Information Centre. He became the unofficial Aboriginal Ambassador of the region introducing visitors to the didgeridoo and delighting them with his stories related with good humour and raffish charm.

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c.1932–1938 – 2006

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

90 x 62.5 cm

$1,000

Provenance: Katherine Art Gallery, Katherine, NT, Cat No. P-1097 Lloyds Auctions
Artwork story: During his lifetime, renowned artist, dancer, didgeridoo player and storyteller, Paddy Fordham Wainburranga embodied the living history of the people of Australia’s far north. He first encountered whites at the age of eleven when, with European settlement encroaching on their lands, the Rembarrnga people were settled at Maningrida. During the later part of his life Paddy Fordham showed a preference for simple, uncluttered imagery that appealed to the many visitors to the Katherine area where his work was featured as a mural on the outer walls of the Tourist Information Centre. He became the unofficial Aboriginal Ambassador of the region introducing visitors to the didgeridoo and delighting them with his stories related with good humour and raffish charm.