PAINTING

The artists commenced painting in 2001 following a workshop initiated by Darwin gallerist Karen Brown. Soon after, some of the women started to paint their weavings - fish-nets, dilly bag stitches, sun mats and coil baskets - effectively transforming 3 dimensional fibre work into 2 dimensional acrylic designs.

The men painted the designs traditionally placed upon cultural articles such as didgeridus, clap sticks and spears.

Both men and women paint the art program’s namesake - durrmu. Durrmu translates as dot, and refers to the dots painted onto the body during ceremonies.

Today, each artist has developed their own unique set of designs and techniques.

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Glossary for painting titles:

durrmu - dot

syaw - fish-net

fi - merrepan twine

image: Patsy Marfura, Fi, 2007, acrylic on linen, 150 x 150cm, copyright Durrmu Arts

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