Lightning Creek
2004
Medium
earth pigments on composition board
Measurements
80.0 × 100.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds from the Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2004
© Paddy Bedford, courtesy of Jirrawun Arts
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
‘The emu wanted to keep walking night and day, never stopping, never resting, but the bush turkey wanted to stop. She went away from the emu and gathered lots of small bush fruit in the area, shown by the pink circle. She made camp and cooked them in the fire in the place shown by the red circle, called Lightning Creek by Europeans. When she did this, night fell and the emu became stuck in the rock at Mount King.’ PADDY BEDFORD, 2004
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Kununurra, Western Australia
Accession Number
2004.630
Department
First Nations Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation