Lot 100

The Artist, painted at Tjuntjuntjara, Western Australia
Spinifex Arts Project, Western Australia (accompanied by a copy of the certificate of authenticity)
Private collection, Melbourne

"Fred Grant knows the boundless sandhills, the endless skies and extensive forests of Spinifex Country. He's walked the rich cultural fabric that embraces his land wherever he looks and he has intimate knowledge of the life sustaining water sources that are its foundation of survival in an arid environment. Fred paints with the passive authority of someone that knows they belong to intimacy of a landscape with a powerful devotion at its heart. Here he depicts the site of Tuwan, situated in the heart of Spinifex Country.

Tjaltunya holds the powerful Wati Kutjara Tjukurpa (Two Men Creation Line). This is a far reaching narrative that follows two brothers: a black nosed monitor lizard and a sand goanna - as they journey through Spinifex Country. These are creation beings who shaped the landscape as they moved through it leaving the guiding story etched in monolithic physical reminders of their power and presence."

As stated on a copy of the Spinifex Arts certificate of authenticity

© Fred Grant/Copyright Agency, 2025