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Title: Yeddonba Thylacine Rock Art Pieces - Descriptions Title: Yeddonba Thylacine Rock Art Mt Pilot Yeddonba Tasmanian Tiger Artist: Peter Rowe Date Created: 2017-2018 Medium: Digital image, fine art print in pigment ink with Ochre/Emu oil & oil paint on canvas/cotton rag Size: W 1200 mm x H 820 mm x D 20 mm (Thylacine & Goanna Man) Canvas Price $1500 Size: W 1180 mm x H 920 mm x D 20 mm (Thylacine) Canvas Price $1500 Background project: Peter sees this large scale project to “repaint” on a large photograph, in ochre the original shape of the Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) on the rock at Mt Pilot – Yeddonba. He wants the project to look completely authentic as though it is the actual sacred rockface, and then to loan the artwork to the Indigo Shire to be displayed at the Bourke Museum Beechworth after the display at Burraja. The ochre/emu oil and oil paints feature in this artwork. Storyline: The Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger), the Goanna and the snake all are totems for the Duderoa people, the ancient clan of these valleys. This is an exciting project formed from many years of spiritual contemplation on Mt Pilot near Beechworth. Peter has applied his photographic expertise to photograph a rare and sacred site where the original ochre markings are slowly fading, perhaps just from time but maybe from bushfires around the Yeddonba site named by our old people. The Tasmanian Tiger was last known to roam the mainland over 2,000 years ago so it is very likely these ochre paintings are at least 2,000 years old and possible 4,000 years old according to local elders. The project aims to “recreate” the paintings on this sacred rock through the combination of high quality and high resolution photography, including infra-red photography, with Peter’s unique combination of ochre and emu oil. Title: Yeddonba Thylacine Rock Art - 2 Mt Pilot Yeddonba Tasmanian Tiger Artist: Peter Rowe Date Created: 2017-2018 Medium: Digital image, fine art print in pigment ink with Ochre/Emu oil & oil paint on canvas/cotton rag Size: W 570 mm x H 850 mm x D 5 mm (Portrait – Thylacine & Goanna Man) Cotton rag Price $950 Size: W 400 mm x H 610 mm x D 5 mm (Portrait – Thylacine & Goanna Man) Cotton rag Price $600 Background project: Peter sees this large scale project to “repaint” on a large photograph, in ochre the original shape of the Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) on the rock at Mt Pilot – Yeddonba. He wants the project to look completely authentic as though it is the actual sacred rockface, and then to loan the artwork to the Indigo Shire to be displayed at the Bourke Museum Beechworth after the display at Burraja. The ochre/emu oil and oil paints feature in this artwork. Storyline: The Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger), the Goanna and the snake all are totems for the Duderoa people, the ancient clan of these valleys. This is an exciting project formed from many years of spiritual contemplation on Mt Pilot near Beechworth. Peter has applied his photographic expertise to photograph a rare and sacred site where the original ochre markings are slowly fading, perhaps just from time but maybe from bushfires around the Yeddonba site named by our old people. The Tasmanian Tiger was last known to roam the mainland over 2,000 years ago so it is very likely these ochre paintings are at least 2,000 years old and possible 4,000 years old according to local elders. The project aims to “recreate” the paintings on this sacred rock through the combination of high quality and high resolution photography, including infra-red photography, with Peter’s unique combination of ochre and emu oil. Title: Sacred Murray – Spirit Warrior In Sky Artist: Peter Rowe Date Created: 2017-2018 Medium: Digital image, fine art print in pigment ink with Ochre/Emu oil & oil paint on canvas Size: W 920mm x H 610mm x D 20 mm Version 1 without Thylacine Now owned by Department of Justice & Regulation, Victoria Version 2 completed 2018 Price $895 Storyline: Kega Burnum (shadow warrior) watching over the "Flow of the River". The Murray River near Walwa represents life to the area, both in the days of our old people and the modern city and farms. The Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) seen on the banks of the river were on the mainland of Australia at least 2,000 years ago. Parts of the land and Thylacine are painted with ochre/emu oil including the reflection. We owe a sacred duty to protect and care for the land, air and water. Look carefully and you will see Kega Burnum (shadow warrior) watching from the sky. Title: Overwatch At Woolshed Falls Artist: Peter Rowe Date Created: 2017 Medium: Digital image, fine art print in pigment ink with Ochre/Emu oil & oil paint on cotton rag Tryptych Size: W 400 mm x H 600mm x D 5 mm Price 895 Storyline: Kega Burnum (shadow warrior) watching over the Falls as a Thylacine walks below. This river represents life for the area up to Yeddonba – Mt Pilot. We owe a sacred duty to protect and care for the land, air and water. Title: Yeddonba Hidden Cave Artist: Peter Rowe Date Created: 2018 Medium: Digital image, fine art print in pigment ink with Ochre/Emu oil & oil paint on canvas Size: W 660mm x H 1000mm x D 32 mm Price $1500 Storyline: Yeddonba – Hidden Cave. Home to the Yeddonba Thylacine. The beautiful granite formations provide shelter and have done for thousands of years to our people. The cave is near the highest point at the sacred Yeddonba – Mt Pilot Beechworth and consists of splintered layers of granite forming the roof of the cave. The thylacine, hiding in the cave growls… Title: Yeddonba Open Shelter Artist: Peter Rowe Date Created: 2018 Medium: Digital image, fine art print in pigment ink with Ochre/Emu oil & oil paint on canvas Size: W 660mm x H 1000mm x D 32 mm Price $1500 Storyline: The open cave provides a hiding spot as the ancient warriors leave the Yeddonba – Mt Pilot sacred site, having created rock art of the Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) that would last thousands of years to today. Beautiful granite escarpment near Beechworth, Victoria Australia. This site is near the base of Mt Pilot and falls near the plains stretching down the valley to Chiltern. Title: Cudgewa Creek – River Life Artist: Peter Rowe Date Created: 2017 – 2018 Medium: Digital image, fine art print in pigment ink with Ochre/Emu oil & oil paint on canvas Size: W 760 mm x H 360mm x D 40mm Price $1200 Storyline: This artwork was a finalist in the North East Water NAIDOC painting competition in 2017. The painting combines photographic exposition of a dark damp and haunting area of the Cudgewa Creek and is being combined with animals blending into the environment. Platypus on the river rocks, a snake in the area under the tree and on the other side of the water as well as a Tasmanian Tiger hidden amongst the undergrowth. Parts of the land and sand are painted in ochre/emu oil and oil paint feature throughout. Title: Warrior at Glen Helen Gorge Artist: Peter Rowe Date Created: 2016 Medium: Digital image, fine art print in pigment ink with Ochre/Emu oil & oil paint on cotton rag Size: W 560 mm x H 740mm x D 25mm Storyline: An ancient warrior watches over Glen Helen Gorge and the Finke River, in Namatjira country (Western Aranda people), MacDonnell Ranges, Central Australia. The warrior is painted in subtle shades of oils and is standing on the “beach” of ochre/emu oil with other highlights in the tantalising countryside. The Glen Helen Gorge is connected to the Rainbow Serpent Dreamtime Story. Title: Simpson’s Gap - In the footsteps of Namatjira Artist: Peter Rowe Date Created: 2017, photographed 2016 Medium: Digital image, fine art print in pigment ink with Ochre/Emu oil & oil paint on canvas Size: W 510 mm x H 740 mm x D 20 mm Storyline: Piercing the northern side of the West Macdonnel Ranges, the Gap provides a permanent waterhole where dreaming tales and ancient stories cross. Known as Rungutjirpa to the Arrente people, Rungutjirpa was the home to a group of giant goanna ancestors. Famously painted by Albert Namatjira, Simpson’s Gap provides inspiration from Namatjira’s love of the outback. Title: Standley Chasm - In the footsteps of Namatjira Artist: Peter Rowe Date Created: 2017, photographed 2016 Medium: Digital image, fine art print in pigment ink with Ochre/Emu oil & oil paint on canvas Size: W 730mm x H 1000mm x D 20 mm Storyline: Standley Chasm on the northern side of the West Macdonnel Ranges is the epitome of the Albert Namatjira watercolours and the washed colour is a feature of artist Peter Rowe’s representation of his fascination with Albert Namatjira’s famous work. There are sacred rights that only women can perform at Standley Chasm. Title: Uluru Sunset Artist: Peter Rowe Date Created: 2017-2018, photographed 2016 Medium: Digital image, fine art print in pigment ink with Ochre/Emu oil & oil paint on cotton rag Size: W 850 mm x H 570 mm x D 5 mm Size: W 610 mm x H 460 mm x D 5 mm Storyline: Sunset at Uluru sees the colour change slowly with the dying sun. The land turns bright red due to the lowering angle of the sun and the increase in atmosphere that the light travels through, greater atmosphere area filters the blue light from the impact on the rich red hues of Uluru.
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