11th Art Naif Festival – International Naïve Art Festival, POLAND

Szyb Wilson Gallery, Oswobodzenia 1, 40-403 Katowice, Poland.
We are proud to be invited to participate in this prestigious Exhibition.

Some information about the artists is below. Email us for more details on art@glenelgartgallery.com.au
​All work is Signed by the Artist and often with Story on the back. All pieces have a Certificate of Authenticity 

Australian Aboriginal Artist, Uncle Graham Louie Harradine is an Aboriginal Elder & Kaurna Culture Custodian. His artwork depicts this Central lineage to his people's land, cultural roots and contemporary aspects as he defines all elements of physical and dream time in motion.

The Fishing Story over thousands of years by Uncle Louie Harradine

​The fishing story is over generations providing food for their people and how it has changed over the many generations. There once was a whale shark that used to come and help guide the fish into the fishing nets for the men. The fish would come in with the tide and as the tide went out the fish would get caught up in the rock cage. (Bottom right hand corner). The next man is spear fishing in the water (Middle right hand side). As the generations have come along the young fellas now have spear guns to catch the fish with (Top right hand side).  The middle section to the left has the men fishing with the nets, one man sits in the boat and the other holds the other end of the net and they then can bring in the fish. On the red land next to this fishing spot is where the fish would be cooked and all the people of the land would then come and eat the fish that have been caught for the day. On the middle left hand side are the oyster cages where we would catch them for our people. You can see the yellow jetty which we would come onto. There are small rock outlets above. There are shacks at the top and on the island where our people would stay and would throw some green material to keep out the mosquitos and other bugs. On the land we also have the wombat holes and wombats, we don’t eat them as much as we did before but for some they are still a part of their staple diet. The blue circles represent the leaves and bark that the fish would get wrapped in to cook and bring out all of the different flavours of the leaves and bark. The man with the boomerang is the spirit guardian who looks after the place for us. The small island is named ‘Dead Man’s Island’ – it was used to cremate our people and when the tide would come in our people would then be swept out to see. The green rectangles represent our food sheds where we shuckle the oysters. There are also the materials left on the ground waiting to have sheds build.
Uncle Louie.

About  “The Hand Over”
This is a 500 year old tree that I am custodian of.
This was handed over to me at 2am in the morning.
My sister Angelina took me on a five hour trip to find this tree.
Louie has been given back his spirit from his grandfather to look after the trees and area. Louie is sitting by the tree guarding by day and night. The people in the painting are the people of the tribes around the area.

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Australian Aboriginal Artist Stephen Martin Pitjara

"Spirit Man" This is one of Stephen's personal Dreamtime Stories. It show's us, that we are born with nature providing all we need. It can be painted in various clours and patterns, but always the same message and oly by Stephen Martin Pitjara in this style.

"Spirit Man" "Shooting Stars in the Night Sky" "A map of Bush Camps" " Yam Flowers Walkabout"

Stephen is holding "Spirit Man Earth" which he has just finished

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Australian Aboriginal Artist Audrey Brumby

Aboriginal Women collect natural medicines from the Bush - these paintings are about the healing medicine leaves and seeds, dancing in the winds

Out in the dry bush of Australia, it is important to know where the waterholes are - and look after them. These paintings celebrate the waterholes and their surroundings

Audrey painted "Ceremonial Body Paint" about when the women perform the Inma - A Sacred Ceremony Dance

Audrey painted "Ceremonial Body Paint" about when the women perform the Inma - A Sacred Ceremony Dance.
Audrey is from a small town called Ernabella, in the desert lands of north-west South Australia. 

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Australian Aboriginal Artists Christine Brown, Tjinkuma Wells, Theresa Armstrong & Paula Hayes

"Women gathering bush ticker" by Christine Brown. "Seven Sisters" by Tjinkuma Wells "My Country" by Theresa Armstrong and "Frog Dreaming" by Paula Hayes

"Seven Sisters" by Tjinkuma Wells

Theresa Armstrong and her family in front of painting by Ada Bird who is her Grandmother

Paula Hayes

"My Atula Country" by Theresa Armstrong. Featured in the Exhibition Catalogue

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Australian Aboriginal Artist Judy Armstrong

Judy painting the work below. The circles are camp sites, the U shapes are people, and the background is the different vegetation

TITLE:  “Bush Tucker Dreaming”
The family is out on  gathering trips. The people are shown as the U shapes around their camps. The women have gathered Witchetty Grubs and Honey Ants, and wild fruits. We can see the main camp in the middle and the paths leading to it.This is a map showing the younger people where to find the food. They are in sparse sandy country. The circles are camping sites or gathering places, A U shape is always a person.Men have hunting spears next to them, while women have coolamons (bark or wooden bowls) and their individual digging sticks

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Australian Aboriginal Artist David Moolooloo

David Moolooloo "Spirit Creation' and "Dancing Brolga with Babies"

Australian Aboriginal Artists Tasman Tjapaltjarri & Allen Sparrow 

" The Hunter" by Tasman Tjapaltjarri. "Carpet Snakes in a desert storm" and "Emu Spirit" by Allen Sparrow

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Artists Tasman Tjapaltjarri and his Uncle David Tjangala

TITLE:  “The Hunter”
Tasman learnt to paint from his uncles. They are strong Lore men.
They are leaders and guide the customs of their Community.
Tasman painted this painting in honor of his  Ancestors, the Pintubi people, who are of the last tribe to emerge from the desert in the 1980’s. He is a custodian of the “Tingari” legend of creation from his Grandfather Walter Tjapaltjarri
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