In de Kimberley zijn de spectaculaire afbeeldingen van de Wandjina's op rotswanden te vinden. De Wandjina is een belangrijke Voorouder, die eerst het water naar de aarde stuurde en daarna zelf uit de lucht kwam om het leven te brengen. Hij heeft de mensen, de dieren en de planten gemaakt. Toen zijn werk klaar was schilderde de Wandjina zichzelf op de rotswanden. Aboriginals benaderen de Wandjina met respect, ze vragen toestemming om de grot te mogen betreden en houden speciale ceremonies. Schilderingen van de Voorouder die er verwaarloosd uitzien worden bijgeschilderd zodat de Wandjina er weer helder uitziet en zijn spirituele kracht bewaard blijft. De Wandjina is erg machtig, hij kan stormvloed en orkanen oproepen als hij vertoornd is. Is zijn stemming goed dan zorgt hij voor milde regen en de vruchtbaarheid van het land, de mensen en de dieren. De Wandjina wordt tegenwoordig ook op stukken boombast en op doek geschilderd samen met dieren als slangen, vogels en schildpadden. Rosie heeft een gedurfd kleurgebruik. In haar schilderijen op boombast van Wandjina?s gebruikt ze bijvoorbeeld heldere rode en gele okers.<BR> <BR> East Kimberley<BR> From 1880 on, this area has been occupied by white colonists. Over-grazing destroyed the ecological balance of the country. Once in a while the Aborines speared cattle for food. This resulted in conflicts. As in many other area's the Aborigines were forced of their land. During the first 50 years of colonisation, about half of the Aboriginal people of the East Kimberleys were murdered. Aboriginal men used to work as stockmen on the cattle stations. In 1969, things became worse when a new law demanded the payment of equal wages for black and white workers. Most Aboriginal stockmen were fired and became homeless as a result. With government assistance these Aborigines established the Warmun community at Turkey Creek, which is now the most important art centre in Kimberleys. In their paintings the major theme is the land and location with a special historical or spiritual meaning. The landscape is depicted in profile and different perspectives are used. Whereas the central desert artist depict mountains as flat circles, the East Kimberley artists paint them in profile as conical shapes. The edges of the paintings are often decorated with a line of dots, which are also used to emphasise main issues in the painting. The art works are done on linen with natural ochres, mixed with a binder. Sometimes artists mix the colours. <BR> <BR> Turkey Creek and Kununurra,<BR> Painting on canvas and linen done in natural ochres.<BR> Cultural and artistic renewal is typical of the art of this region. The originality and high standard of these paintings has made them well known and appreciated. Mountains, rivers and baobabtrees are abstractactly depicted in these works. Especially appealing are painting of the Bungle Bungles: conical shaped mountains east Warmun (Turkey Creek).