We would like to share our love of this magnificent art form by offering an extensive range of collectable aboriginal paintings for sale - painted by some of Australias 50 most collectable artists - that cater for most aesthetic tastes, budgets, and wall sizes. You are most welcome to just come in and browse - admission is free.
APPRECIATING ABORIGINAL ART
Australian indigenous art is steeped in a proud and wonderful history. Each magnificent painting depicts a Dreaming [story] inspired by a rich tapestry of cultures and customs - dating back to thousands of years before the white man even thought about discovering this great land.
As a race of people, the aborigines affinity with the earth and respect for its elements leaves a lot for non-indigenous people to ponder. They truly epitomise the expression We only inherit the environment from our grandchildren.
INVESTING IN ABORIGINAL ART
The advantages of investing in quality collectable indigenous fine art are as diverse as they are rewarding. Not only will you be investing in a financial and aesthetic sense for yourself, but you will also be investing in an altruistic sense for the artists themselves and their extended families as well as gaining an appreciation of our national heritage and culture.
However, we should point out that you dont need an investment portfolio to appreciate aboriginal art just a blank wall and a comfy chair will do.
We are proud to present an extensive collection of investment quality
indigenous fine art sourced solely from the Central and Western Desert regions, and painted by some of Australia's 50 most collectable artists. These magnificent works cater for all aesthetic tastes, budgets and wall spaces, and will ideally complement any residential or commercial decor situation.
Contact Details Phone: 9336-7787, Anna - 0418-900-954 or Arthur - 0407-193-345 Email: info@artitja.com.au Website: www.artitja.com.au
Anna Kanaris and Arthur Clarke established Artitja Fine Art in 2004, inspired by a love of the art and a deep respect for ancient Australian Aboriginal culture and tradition. “Our aim is in connecting cultures through the art. Quality Aboriginal art is not just beautiful, it provides insights into Indigenous stories and Tjurrkupa (dreamings). Within Australia and internationally, the art plays an important role as a medium for connection between very different cultures.”
Artitja Fine Art is located in South Fremantle in Western Australia and we are open seven days a week by appointment. We hold four exhibitions a year in a gallery space in South Fremantle, details of which are posted to our website www.artitja.com.au prior to the event. They are generally in March, June, October and December.
Artitja Fine Art specialises in Australian Aboriginal Art from remote and regional art communities, including the western and central deserts. We offer a one-on-one personalised service to our clients whether they be experienced art collectors or newcomers looking for a special piece of original art for their home. We also offer advice and information and can source works upon request and at all times remain respectful of individual budgets.
Opening Hours: open by appointment seven days or 11-5 daily at exhibition time.
Established in 1979, Eagle Wools are your premium Australian sheepskin specialists. We manufacture 100% sheepskin slippers and ugg boots, car seat covers, coats and other sheepskin products.
Based in Fremantle, Western Australia, Eagle Wools have been supplying top quality, genuine sheepskin goods to the people of W.A. and international visitors for over 25 years. We manufacture our products on-site and have staff members whose passion for our products ensures that our high standards are effortlessly maintained
Fremantle Arts Centre runs a year round program of acclaimed exhibitions, major Australian and international concerts, adults and kids art courses and other events. Some of the key attractions include the annual Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award exhibition; Bazaar art and design market in December; and the free Courtyard Music series, which runs every Sunday from October to March.
Funding is received from the City of Fremantle, the Department of Culture and Arts, and the Australia Council for the Arts.
Visit the gallery to view Glen Cowans photography of marine images inspired by the waters of Western Australia and oceans around the world. His
subjects are the seascapes within and the breathlessly beautiful life forms that live there.
Cowans images offer viewers a rare experience, where one can contemplate the wondrous life found in the underwater world. His lens is our
microscope, exposing colour and species with a complexity and sculptural form normally invisible to the naked eye.
The resulting works from his Underview Collection have been warmly welcomed into spaces both traditional and contemporary, home and corporate,
around the world.
Works available range from limited edition canvas prints to open edition prints, coffee table books, underwater video and more.
The Greg James Sculpture Studio Gallery has been located in J Shed, on Bathers Beach in Fremantle, Western Australia, since 1993.
Starting with a bare shed, Greg has developed this space to be a highly efficient and productive sculpture studio with a public viewing deck and gallery.
The studio has served as a training ground for young artists, a temporary facility for established artists and host to visiting international artists. It also continues to accommodate numerous requests from school and special interest groups for educational visits, as well as occasioning musical and theatrical productions, and community art projects.
The studio has seen the creation of many works, including the intimate sensual nude, windswept fishermen, the heroic soldier and the iconic rock star.
The gallery features drawings, paintings and bronze sculpture created by Greg James, as well as work by other feature artists.
Discover Australian handcrafted furniture and fine woodcraft at its best.
Contemporary design
Traditional craftsmanship
Many pieces are crafted from ancient logs or recliamed jarrah from old bridges and jetties.
Paintings sculpture gifts
works can be distributed globally
Visit our expansive showroom and exhibition space in the Fremantlle historic west end.
We exhibit furniture concepts from traditional to modern contemporary and can arrange for that special item to be made to client requirements.
Many of the pieces created, whether it be furniture, woodturnings, sculpture or finely crafted gift items, are often made including timber reclaimed from old structures or ancient logs salvaged from the forest floor. Mixed media pieces are also crafted incorporating other products and materials.
The conservation of the South West Australian Jarrah forest is our priority.
We exhibit paintings by established and emerging artists with an emphasis on impressionist, expressionist and abstract Australian themes.
Kailis Fremantle is a flagship boutique for this luxurious brand of Australian South Sea pearl jewellery.
Be pampered in this luxurious setting whilst viewing the latest collections from Kailis, designed here in Fremantle.
Lauder and Howard is one of Australia?s leading dealers in fine antique furniture, paintings, porcelain, bronzes and clocks. We are a national and international business with clients throughout Australia and the world including The National Gallery and National Portrait gallery in Canberra.
Merenda gallery specialises in Indigenous fine art and is located within a beautiful heritage building in Fremantle. We specialize in ethically sourced Indigenous art, meaning that all our art comes directly from community art centres that are owned and run by the Indigenous community. The ethical trade between art gallery and Indigenous community not only supports the artist and the community, it also increases the value of the work. Merenda Gallery is committed to showcasing the work of emerging as well as well established artists so that clients have the opportunity to collect a range of top quality Indigenous art.
Through Indigenous art the Aboriginal people have found a powerful avenue of expression, whilst viewers have been able to explore varying elements of spirituality and diversity existing within the rich Australian Aboriginal culture. A sacred connection to the land, dreamtime spirituality and cultural rituals are all predominant themes within Indigenous works.
Opening Hours:
Wednesday to Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 12pm - 4pm
Monday/ Tuesday- by appointment
The Artwork shown is courtesy of Tjungu Palya Artists.
Artwork #1 Artist: Jimmy Baker Community: Tjungu Palya
Jimmy Baker was born around 1915 along the Kalaya Tjukurpa (emu dreaming) track in the Western Desert.
Jimmy remembers as a young boy 'whitefellas' coming on camels and asking to be led to water holes. Today Jimmy is a senior law man and a highly regarded Ngangkari (traditional healer).
Artwork #2 Artist: Eileen Yaritja Stevens Community: Tjungu Palya
Eileen was born in the bush at Makiti, the Tjala Minyma Tjukurpa (honey ant womans sacred place) in 1919.Her father was a Yangkunytjatjara man and her mother a Pitjantjatjara woman.When Eileen was a young woman she worked at Ernabella Mission milking the goats, I as a hard worker at Ernabella chopping trees for building projects.
Later, they came to Nyapari, Eileen's husband's country
Artwork #3 Artist: Nellie Stewart Community: Tjungu Palya
Nellie was born in the bush at Pipalyatjara, her father's country in the late 1930's. Her mother is from Irrunytju and is Kuntjil Cooper's older sister. As a young girl Nellie attended school at the Ernabella mission and later worked in Alice Springs teaching Pitjantjatjara language with her husband. She began painting in 2007 when she moved to Nyapari with her family.
Nellie Stewart is a senior Pitjantjatjara woman who only began painting in 2007. She has an intuitve feeling for painting, drawing on her deep cultural connection to her country associated with the Tjukurpa of Minyma Kutjara (the Two Sisters Creation story) from Irrunytju. Her works are bold and colourful landscapes depicting country traversed by the two Ancestral women. Landmarks created by their epic journeying and activities embody a spiritual essence, which is captured in her paintings.
Adam Monk is firmly established as one of Australia's most inspired landscape photographers. His work hangs in homes and offices all over the world and he has won numerous awards for his stunning landscape photography.
A breath-taking limited edition canvas for your feature wall, a wedding or birthday gift or a photographic print as souvenir from your visit to Western Australia, Monk Art Photography has the perfect solution for you.
Monk Art Photography also runs courses, workshops and tours based in beautiful locations in Western Australia and around the world. The courses are social and friendly, giving like-minded people the opportunity to share thoughts and ideas on photography.
Wendy grew up on a dairy farm in the beautiful town of Denmark, South Western Australia and from an early age developed a keen interest in animals and the outdoors. After her graduation with a BA in Art & Design from Curtin University in 1982 (majoring in ceramics), Wendy based herself and her business ‘Stunned Emu Designs’ in Fremantle, Western Australia. Initially she produced handmade and hand painted pottery, combining her interest in Australian wildlife with her art. She became well known for her brightly coloured terracotta pieces and quirky characters, particularly her trademark ‘emu with attitude’. Since opening a shop in The Fremantle Markets in 1995, Wendy has developed and extended her range of products to include mugs, stationery, books, prints, bags and her much sought after original paintings. Early in 2010, Wendy opened her own Gallery in South Terrace, Fremantle which has enabled her to extend her range even further and to display more of her original artwork including seascapes and landscapes.
Her humorous designs are popular with all age groups, but particularly with children. The enthusiasm of children for her designs prompted Wendy to write her first children’s picture book, ‘Where’s Stripey?’ with ‘Stripey’ an emu chick as the main character. Having written, illustrated and self published the book to great acclaim, it won two awards including the prestigious 'Western Australia Premier’s Children’s Book Award'. Stripey was such a huge success, that as well as producing a Stripey plush toy, Wendy wrote and published another book ‘Scrambled Egg’ again featuring Stripey on another adventure. Her long awaited third Stripey book ‘Invisible Me’ was published in October 2011 and is already proving a big hit, with many considering it to be the best yet! And, such is his fame, and growing celebrity status, Stripey is to star in his very own Musical Theatre Production which will tour nationally in 2012!
Wendy is an avid outdoor enthusiast, and has been actively involved in many adventurous activities during her lifetime. These have included rock climbing, scuba diving, cave diving, trekking and kayaking. Much of her inspiration for her artwork and stories have come whilst she is undertaking extreme solo walks such as her trek of the Larapinta Trail and her solo wilderness walk across the Australian Alps. She has travelled worldwide and in recent times has visited Kakadu National Park, Kenya, Tasmania, Bali, the South Island of New Zealand, and Alice Springs, all providing her with inspiration for her artwork.
Wendy has combined her love of the natural world with an interest in conservation and has been a volunteer on several conservation projects. She is actively involved in the ongoing work to save the endangered Western Ground Parrot and has spent time in Esperance and Albany (South Western Australia), surveying and monitoring their numbers. To raise awareness of their plight, Wendy has introduced Toot, a western ground parrot as a character in ‘Invisible Me’. Wendy donated $800 from her Book Launch sales of ‘Invisible Me’ to the Friends of the Western Ground Parrot to support their ongoing work to save it from extinction.
The full range of her distinctive and funny emu designs and other quirky colourful animals can be seen at Wendy’s Gallery, on the Cappuccino Strip in Fremantle and at her shop in The Fremantle Markets. Also available in her shops is metal art by Paul and Kaye Moro incorporating some of Wendy’s designs.
For more information about Wendy’s products and her latest news, visit www.wendybinks.com or visit one of her locations:
STUNNED EMU DESIGNS GALLERY - 56 South Terrace, Fremantle (on the Cappuccino Strip), WA
Summer opening times:Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 10.00a.m to 4.00p.m
Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 10.00a.m to 5.00p.m
STALL 44 FREMANTLE MARKETS
For opening times at Fremantle Markets please see their website www.fremantlemarkets.com.au
