Sculpture | Bird carving by Graham Tipungwuti

This gorgeous bird carving sculpture was carved and painted by Ngaruwanajirri artist Graham Tipungwuti by hand in 2024.  

At Wurrumiyanga on Bathurst Island, one beautiful building known as the Tiwi Sistine Chapel or The Keeping Place houses a small group of Tiwi artists who attend daily to create artwork in a peaceful environment. The artists are guided towards excellence in their finished artworks and are represented in State galleries across Australia and the world. Renowned for their use of traditional Tiwi cultural materials such as ground-up local ochre pigments 

Details:
TITLE: Tokwampini
ARTIST: Graham Tipungwuti
SIZE: 30 cm
MATERIAL: Ironwood carving and natural ochres