'Dreamer' Reproductions and Prints by Ambrose Killian

'Dreamer' Reproductions and Prints by Ambrose Killian

from A$150.00

This beautiful artwork comes in 3 different material options with 3 available sizes - please note, textured and smooth rag options come in A2, A1 and A0 sizes for your convenience - a frame will need to be purchased for display. Stretched canvas options are ready for hanging and display on your wall.

This large-scale feature piece gives the viewer an insight into the beautiful night sky of the desert landscape and the stories shared underneath the stars and cold desert nights. The size of this piece intends to create a sense of scale of the magnitude of this universe and how small we really are – a feeling often considered when standing under a clear night sky. First Nations people are the world’s oldest astronomers, with ancient stories and lore being derived by the patterns, shapes and colours of the night sky. The positioning of certain constellations through the year would tell the hunters when it was time to hunt for emu egg when the male emu was brooding, or when it was time for boys to go on ‘walkabout’ and become a man. Whilst we may associate night time with sleep, the darkness often turns the bush alive, with dingos scavenging, owls hunting and people dancing and singing around the fire, spinning yarns and stories, playing yidaki (didgeridoo) and teaching the stories of our ancestors to our young people. This is how thousands of years of knowledge has been passed down and I am grateful I am able to learn and practise my culture today.

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