Most Beautiful Painting

This is my favorite painting. We have a lot of great paintings in our store but this one is without a doubt the best. It is painted by Elizabeth Bangarr. She lives on an outstation called Manmoy, so far out that when she comes to town, it is a flight of a couple of hours to get here. It is unique in that when she was finished with the painting she did the basket weaving around the outside. It is done on bark and with all hand ground pigment. No paint out of the tube for Elizabeth. This is done all in the old traditional style. The painting itself has a subtle but so very pleasing sense of rythm to it. It is a mimi spirit and the cross hatching on its body is so precise, virtually perfect. The hand prints are made by taking a mouthful of the pigment and expelling it over your hand. It is hanging in the store for sale, but I think it is earmarked for the living room wall at home!