What is Aboriginal Animal Art?

Aboriginal Animal Art paintings and carvings are of various animals indigenous to the area the artist Aboriginal was born in.

These animals can be a life study or stylised.

They are however done in a style which is solely the domain of the Aboriginal artist.

This style is not only particularly related to an artist but the region in which he/she comes from.

Most Aboriginal artists repaint the same motif again and again as they are the keepers and tellers of the sacred stories related to the images depicted in the painting. This is given at birth and is called their totemic relationship.

This does not mean that they copy the same painting again and again as no two paintings are ever exactly the same but the story told by the painting will be the same because of their cultural obligations to continue retelling a particular story over and over again in order to prevent it being lost in time.

These lovely Animal Art paintings come from all regions and are a delight to own if you like animals as they bring a new dimension to understanding the animals in our world.

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