Seven Sisters Dreaming

A very popular Aboriginal Dreamtime story. The Seven Sisters are the star cluster known as the Pleiades, they are the constellation Taurus. In my painting the Seven Sisters are grouped together and the old man is on his own. The old man wants one of the many sisters to become his wife, unfortunately they can not marry under Aboriginal kinship law. This is why the Seven Sisters keep running away, hiding and changing form to stay away from the old man. At night you can see them hiding up in the Milky Way.

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Renee Clifton is based in Broome, Western Australia. Renee is a contemporary Aboriginal artist. Renee paints mostly about the environment around her that relates to hunting and gathering. It also involves waterholes, bush fruits, land lines, bush animals & more. Her designs are mainly inspired by native flora, fauna & the natural environment she lives in & from stories passed down from her elders. Renee’s mother is from the Northern Desert of South Australia and belong to the Kokatha Aboriginal group. Renee’s father is from the Kimberley and belongs to the Nyikina and Nyul Nyul Aboriginal group.