Click to enlargeb. 1947 / 1948
- Region
- Kimberley
- Community
- Warmun (Turkey Creek)
- Language group
- Gija (Kija, Gidja, Kitja)
Sandfrog Dreaming, 2000
natural earth pigments on canvas
140 x 150 cm
$5,000
- Provenance
- Warmun Art Centre, Warmun, WA, Cat No. WAC 431/00 Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane, Qld, Cat No. FW5082 Private Collection, Berlin, Germany Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
- Exhibited
- Inspired: Collectors Edition, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Redfern, NSW, April 2023
- Artwork story
- Winnaba Springs on Mable Downs cattle station near Warnum (also known as Turkey Creek) is the country where Shirley tells of the Sand Frog Dreaming. It is where all sand frogs are born and where they go to die.This Dreamtime story was passed on to the artist by the late Queenie McKenzie.