A cultural hub in the Gunbalanya community is the Injalak Arts centre where visitors can meet local artists and see exquisite painting, fibre and sculptural arts being created. I encountered a significant ochre painting on bark by highly skilled painter Graham Badari, which I purchased. I then had the privilege of sitting down with Graham with the painting and listening to the associated stories. The spirit depicted is very powerful and is named Namorrodoh, the shooting star spirit.
The work was exhibited in September 2008 at Mossenson Galleries, Melbourne at the ‘Sex, Spirits and Sorcery’ exhibition along with many other phenomenal works by Graham.
I sat with Glen Namundja while he painted and showed me how to grind, not crush, ochre and mix with glue. You can see my crushing attempts with my own ochre in the background.
Laomedia 
It’s a wonderful painting. Sage was very impressed when I showed him the picture – “cool! skulls!”, although I still think they look more like Mexican wrestlers’ masks
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Mexican culture is very cool, their version of Catholicism is enticing. But Santa Muerte is even more intriguing.
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Laomedia, this painting is Aboriginal from Australia, not Mexican. It still isnt that bad of a painting.
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Kalem,
Laomedia (venessa) is very aware that this is an aboriginal painting from Gunbalanya Northern Territory. She is good friends with the artist.
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