Paddy Carlton
Ngamarlmi 2004
Natural ochres and pigment on canvas 80 x100cm
Catalogue:759404
Paddy was born in country called Goordamankoo on Legune Station in the Northern Territory just over the Western Australian border. Paddy was a senior elder and law man in his community and across the east Kimberley region. He grew up in the '20's and 30's which were known as the wild times when white stations hands and police were shooting aboriginal people. Paddy worked on a number of stations as a stockman and takes his gadiya (European) surname from Carlton Hill Station. When alive, Paddy recalled participating in cave painting and being taught painting techniques by his elders in the country around legune and Bullo River Stations in the N.T. Paddy worked hard to keep the culture of his father and grandfather alive.
Skin: Joolama
Language: Gajirrawoong/Miriwoong
Country: Bullo River, Legune Station, N.T.
Dreaming: Black Snake (wolajabi)