"The Beginning"
  

 

 

THE STORY

This painting is the most admired and most expensive in “The Olympic Games Collection” by “Wingla Dada”

Way back in Dreamtime it was believed all Men came from Animals, and it was the original fighting by Animals for food and the best females which originally instigated

regular competitions between the various types of Animals. Some animals could swim better than others, some could run and jump better. 

In this painting can be seen one of the competing groups of Animals, later to be called tribes by the Aborigines, preparing to choose their first successful participants against a neighboring group of Animals.

The Head of this assembly in the painting was the Kangaroo (in the centre of the painting) because he could compete in many events – he could jump, was fast at various

running events, and could box. Note, all the important meetings and training camps were held around a major river as seen by the circle surrounding the headquarters for the Kangaroo.

The Animals who wished to compete against the other animal species in this painting are mainly different types of reptiles including the lizards, geckos, the bearded dragon

lizard and goannas which can be seen top left and at the bottom of the painting. At the left of the painting can be seen the fastest animal in this group, the Emu who was

second in charge to the Kangaroo. The snake also at the left of the painting, unfortunately could never make “The Games”, so he concentrated on carving out the swimming venues.

At the top right of the painting shows the final selection meeting to choose the final competitors, and at the top right are seen the warriors with spears who eventually overtook

competing from animals.

 PRICE: Original $16,350