Fish etching by Wukun Wanambi 19x14cm in black frame

This original, hand-printed limited etching is by Wukun Wanambi (1962-2022). He was a senior Yolngu artist from Eastern Arnhem Land and a member of the Marrakulu clan. He worked primarily using earth pigments on bark and larrakitj (which are traditional memorial poles), and also made prints at the Buku Larrngay Print Space in Yirrkala.

He began painting in 1997, reviving imagery inherited from his father. He became an extremely successful artist, and in 1998 he won the Best Bark Painting category at the Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards. Five years later, he was awarded a Highly Commended at the same Awards, this time in the 3-D category.

Wukun has exhibited nationally as a solo artist and his work is in most major Australian galleries, including the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of NSW, Museum of Contemporary Art and the Art Gallery of South Australia.

The fish he paints are part of an important body of saltwater imagery from his traditional homeland at Gurka’wuy, the maintenance of which is the responsibility of his clan.

Medium: Etching and aquatint, edition: 100, Plate drawn and Etched: Yirrkala, November 2005,

Handprinted by: Basil Hall at Basil Hall Editions, Darwin

Framed Collectors edition: 35/100 Framed etching will be freighted protected by MDF board