Traditional painting workshop

Sit alongside a Bininj artist to explore the art of traditional painting—a practice thousands of years in the making. Gain cultural insights and craft your own painting to take home.

"David Cameron is a senior and respected artist and song man of the Kakadu region.

The style of cross-hatching is unique to the Indigenous artist from this region and classic artists are capable of the finest lines that encapsulate the more traditional techniques – painting with reeds with hair fine bristles and only 4 colours/ochre (White, black, yellow ochre, red ochre). Subjects or content are unique to each artist and sometimes significant to that family/country (dreaming). This sacred practice means teachings are only passed down through specific Indigenous people and this is vital to preserving culture and stories that have been passed through generations.

David was also trained by his father and painted alongside him, helping complete a large mural at Melbourne’s Royal Alfred hospital. He has a wide range of art spanning back to early 1990’s and he has a huge knowledge of the local area having worked as a local artist at Daluk Daluk Gallery, Warradjan Cultural Centre, Bowali/Marruwuddi Gallery and other NT galleries."

-Warradjan Cultural Centre, Dec 2023