David Cox
David Cox, © Warmun Arts Center, Turkey Creek, WA
David Cox
Sing Out Springs lies in Yiyili country on Louisa Downs Stations, near Halls Creek in the Kimberley. In the Ngarrangkarni (Dreamtime) three men were walking in the country near Yiyili. They were visitors to the country and had not been welcomed to the country. They came across a large natural spring and bent down to drink the cool water; the snake swallowed them up. That is why you can see three sets of footprints leading to the water hole and none walking out. When a stranger comes to new country they should be welcomed to the country. The traditional way is to use a rock and dip it into the water and wipe the sides of the visitor, just under the arms and down the side of the body. The rock is then thrown back into the water. This is so the snake can smell the visitor and know that they have been welcomed. David's painting depicts the hills surrounding the water hole. Yiyili is David's traditional country. USD $3000
Sing Out Springs lies in Yiyili country on Louisa Downs Stations, near Halls Creek in the Kimberley. In the Ngarrangkarni (Dreamtime) three men were walking in the country near Yiyili. They were visitors to the country and had not been welcomed to the country. They came across a large natural spring and bent down to drink the cool water; the snake swallowed them up. That is why you can see three sets of footprints leading to the water hole and none walking out. When a stranger comes to new country they should be welcomed to the country. The traditional way is to use a rock and dip it into the water and wipe the sides of the visitor, just under the arms and down the side of the body. The rock is then thrown back into the water. This is so the snake can smell the visitor and know that they have been welcomed. David's painting depicts the hills surrounding the water hole. Yiyili is David's traditional country. USD $4500
Sing Out Springs lies in Yiyili country on Louisa Downs Stations, near Halls Creek in the Kimberley. In the Ngarrangkarni (Dreamtime) three men were walking in the country near Yiyili. They were visitors to the country and had not been welcomed to the country. They came across a large natural spring and bent down to drink the cool water; the snake swallowed them up. That is why you can see three sets of footprints leading to the water hole and none walking out. When a stranger comes to new country they should be welcomed to the country. The traditional way is to use a rock and dip it into the water and wipe the sides of the visitor, just under the arms and down the side of the body. The rock is then thrown back into the water. This is so the snake can smell the visitor and know that they have been welcomed. David's painting depicts the hills surrounding the water hole. Yiyili is David's traditional country. USD $3000
Sing Out Springs lies in Yiyili country on Louisa Downs Stations, near Halls Creek in the Kimberley. In the Ngarrangkarni (Dreamtime) three men were walking in the country near Yiyili. They were visitors to the country and had not been welcomed to the country. They came across a large natural spring and bent down to drink the cool water; the snake swallowed them up. That is why you can see three sets of footprints leading to the water hole and none walking out. When a stranger comes to new country they should be welcomed to the country. The traditional way is to use a rock and dip it into the water and wipe the sides of the visitor, just under the arms and down the side of the body. The rock is then thrown back into the water. This is so the snake can smell the visitor and know that they have been welcomed. David's painting depicts the hills surrounding the water hole. Yiyili is David's traditional country. USD $3000
Sing Out Springs lies in Yiyili country on Louisa Downs Stations, near Halls Creek in the Kimberley. In the Ngarrangkarni (Dreamtime) three men were walking in the country near Yiyili. They were visitors to the country and had not been welcomed to the country. They came across a large natural spring and bent down to drink the cool water; the snake swallowed them up. That is why you can see three sets of footprints leading to the water hole and none walking out. When a stranger comes to new country they should be welcomed to the country. The traditional way is to use a rock and dip it into the water and wipe the sides of the visitor, just under the arms and down the side of the body. The rock is then thrown back into the water. This is so the snake can smell the visitor and know that they have been welcomed. David's painting depicts the hills surrounding the water hole. Yiyili is David's traditional country. SOLD
David was born in Derby, in the north west of the Kimberley region. His family is from Yiyili, halfway between Fitzroy Crossing and Halls Creek. This area has many creeks running through it, which feed the Fitzroy River west of the Kimberley.

David is part of a group of newly emerging artists at Warmun who have an intense interest in the Dreaming stories of their ancestors and and deep interst in exploring new ways of communicating the Dreaming stories to a wider worldwide audience.

David's principal teacher and greatest influence is senior Warmun artist, Churchill Cann. David has adopted Churchill's aerial approach to viewing landscape and has also been influenced by Churchill's technique of using translucent washes derived from Warmun's natural ochre colors.
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