Aboriginal Ancestors (Spell of the Sensuous)

11x14, pencil on bristol board.

" Kangaroo Dreaming Man, Frilled Lizard Man, Tortoise Woman, Little Wallaby Man, Emu Woman and innumerable ancestors wandered, singing, across its surface, they shaped that surface by their actions, forming plains where they lay down, creeks or waterholes where they urinated, forests where they kicked up dust, and so on."


This line of text was great as it inspired me to  look up figures from aboriginal mythology. To my surprise there were very few depictions of these figures. So naturally I decided to draw my own.