Four Dreamings

$9,900.00

In this work Carbiene McDonald depicts four dreaming stories which he inherited from his father. These tjukurrpa are associated with a series of waterholes running between Kaltukatjara (Docker River) and Kata Tjuta. Specifically, it includes four important sites:  Petermann Ranges, Kaltukatjara, Kalaya Murrpu (Blood’s Range) and Mulyayti near Kata Tjuta. As a young man, Carbiene returned to these places and retraced the footsteps of his father. These memories stay with him vividly today.

Carbiene McDonald was born in Papunya, son of Snowy McDonald. As a young man, Carbiene travelled back to his father’s homelands and inherited his Tjukurrpa. Having only taken up painting later in life, in 2018, his passion for painting coupled with his dedication and enthusiasm has led him to quickly make a name for himself. Winner of the prestigious Hadley’s Art Prize (2019), a finalist in the Vincent Lingiari Art Award (2019), and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Ilsander Art Awards (2023), his work is held in the Art Gallery of New South Wales collection, and Charles Darwin University collection in significant private collections in Australia.