John Williams “The Brolga Dance” Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas 51cm×40.5cm

Description

Original painting!

Artist: John Williams
Title: “The Brolga Dance”
Size/Medium 51cm x 40.5cm Acrylic on Canvas
Certificate of authenticity (COA): YES

Mornington Island Artist John Williams    

Born: 1958 

Language: Lardil 

Origin: Birri, Mornington Island 

“Budal is our word for Corroboree and one of our popular dances is called the Brolga Dance. The dancers are painted up in their  clan totem. Songman sits in front of the dancers and begins to sing, the dancers begin to move towards song man and point their  arms and hands towards the ground as if they were the Brolga feeding and then they point their hands towards the audience and  song man at the finish.”