Aboriginal Art splashbacks

We have recently had the honour of sharing licensed artwork from members of our First-nations artists on glass splashbacks and its popularity is gathering momentum.

Our most recent splashback was installed at Saratoga on the Central Coast and features the work of Karen Barnes - under licence via her manager.

Karen Napaljarri Barnes was born in Lajamanu, a remote Aboriginal community in semi-arid country on the edge of the Tanami Desert 1000km north-west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. She moved to Yuendumu, 700km south, after finishing school in Lajamanu, to be with her family. She has been painting with Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, an Aboriginal-owned and governed Art Centre, since 2001. She is the granddaughter of Warlukurlangus’s famous artist Judy Napangardi Watson and they would sit together painting at the Art Centre every day when Karen first started painting. Karen paints the dreaming stories handed down to her by her family for generations of millennia, stories which come from Mina Mina, country west of Yuendumu of which her family are the custodians. She also paints Karnta Jukurrpa (Women’s Dreaming), Wakulyarri Jukurrpa (Wallaby Dreaming), Ngarlajiyi Jukurrpa (Bush Carrot Dreaming).

If you would like to find out more about using licenced aboriginal art, which directly supports the artist, contact us to find out more.