Discover the essence of Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art), Sydney's premier Aboriginal art gallery. With a deep appreciation for Indigenous culture and creativity, we showcase a curated collection of authentic artworks. Committed to promoting and preserving Aboriginal art reflects our passion for cultural heritage. ABOUT ART LEVEN (formerly Cooee Art) "Where a picture tells a thousand words, a gallery tells a thousand stories." OUR STORY OUR STORY MEET THE TEAM TESTIMONIALS NEWS BLOG ART RESOURCES CONTACT US Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art) was established in 1981 and runs a hybrid art model to represent and support artists in an ethical and sustainable way. Our premium 480 sqm gallery and auction space in Redfern offers a unique and informative insight into the world of Australian Indigenous art. Our auctions established in 2017 is a market leader with specialist knowledge, we work with artists, galleries, museums and private collections bi-annually to curate and consign the finest Indigenous Art. Since first working with Aboriginal artists forty years ago, Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art) has presented the finest First Nations art through exhibitions and events in Australia, Europe, and the Americas. Cooee Art Leven is Australia’s oldest exhibiting Indigenous fine art gallery. With more than 3000 works of art by over 150 individual artists, our extensive stockroom encompasses a wide range of regional and individual styles. The collection includes rare bark paintings and artefacts, early desert boards and acrylic paintings, and an exciting range of contemporary Aboriginal paintings, sculpture, limited edition fine art prints, and hand-crafted traditional artefacts and books. Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art) presents monthly exhibitions in the Redfern gallery including solo shows by important living artists and thematic curated exhibitions. The exhibition schedule is supported by public programs including artist talks and workshops. The gallery welcomes drop in visits or private consultations. As well as sourcing historically significant pieces, Mirri Leven , along with her experienced team, consign contemporary artworks from Indigenous communities across the continent for their diverse range of projects. An impressive international profile, developed over 40 years’ experience, makes Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art) one of the most highly respected Indigenous galleries in Australia and abroad. Its clients include private collectors, institutions, architects, interior designers, and international visitors. Jorgen Lotz “I have purchased a number of pieces from you and have always been treated very friendly and professionally. No hesitation in dealing with Art Leven Gallery in the future" more Osman Shajahan “The Art Leven Gallery has an amazing collection. I came to find out when I was searching for works by a particular artist I couldn’t find anywhere else at that time." more Angela Stasinopoulou “We had a wonderful experience at the Art Leven gallery while visiting Sydney. Hayley helped us find a beautiful and unique piece of art and shipped it safely halfway across the world to the UK for us" more MEET THE TEAM Mirri Leven MANAGING DIRECTOR & OWNER Read Bio Emma Lenyszyn INDIGENOUS FINE ART SPECIALIST Read Bio Hayley Cotton GENERAL MANAGER Read Bio Sam Sterneborg BACK OF HOUSE MANAGER Read Bio Dr Ksenia Radchenko AUCTION ADMINISTRATOR Read Bio Charlotte Sky REGISTRAR & GALLERY ASSISTANT Read Bio CONTACT ART LEVEN Contact Us First Name Last Name Email Phone Type of enquiry Choose an option Write a message Submit Thanks for submitting! Address Gadigal Country 17 Thurlow St, Redfern NSW, 2016 'Australia' Contact +61 (02) 9300 9233 info@artleven.com Opening Hours Tue - Sat 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Holiday Hours Members of

Art Leven, formerly Cooee Art Gallery, was established in 1981 and runs a hybrid art model to represent and support aboriginal artists in an ethical and sustainable way. CURRENT EXHIBITIONS ART LEVEN (formerly Cooee Art) Contemporary First Nations Gallery & Auctions. Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art), was established in 1981 and runs a hybrid art model to represent and support artists in an ethical and sustainable way. During the last decade under the guidance of Director Mirri Leven, Cooee Art/Art Leven has undergone a continuous evolution in every facet of the business. Today, as Australia’s oldest exhibiting First Nations focussed fine art gallery, Art Leven is run as a space of collaboration, working directly with First Nations curators, art centres, and represented artists. The gallery team travels regularly to remote areas of Australia to meet with artists and develop our exhibition program. Featured Artworks ANGELINA PWERLE NGAL - UNTITLED ( BUSH RAISIN MAN) ALISON (JOJO) PURUNTATAMERI - WINGA (TIDAL MOVEMENT/WAVES) LILY YIRDINGALI JURRAH HARGRAVES NUNGARRAYI - KURLURRNGALINYPA JUKURRPA BRONWYN BANCROFT - UNTITLED JOSHUA BONSON - SKIN: A CELEBRATION OF CULTURE BOOK - KONSTANTINA - GADIGAL NGURA FREDDIE TIMMS - MOONLIGHT VALLEY NEIL ERNEST TOMKINS - BURN THERE, DON'T BURN THERE VIEW ALL ARTWORKS Buy Artworks Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art) curates ethically sourced art from Australian Indigenous communities that we have formed relationships with for 40 years. Our gallery team travels regularly to remote areas of Australia to visit art centres and artists to consign artworks. We also have a very strong collection of secondary market artworks that have been collected by private collectors here in Australian and overseas. New artworks arrive in our online store and our gallery space weekly. Shop online from the full portfolio of available Art Leven artworks – paintings, sculptures, fine art prints and artisanal objects ranging from $100 – $500,000 BUY ARTWORKS Exhibitions See our yearly exhibition program, with monthly exhibition openings, alongside many other events, talks, and private collector’s previews throughout the year. The gallery has presented the finest Australian First Nations art through their exhibition program for over 40 years showing the work of over 150 individual artists. CURRENT EXHIBITION Auctions Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art) Auctions provide an informed and professional approach to buying and selling art in the secondary market. We are a market leader with specialist knowledge and proven results. We offer collectable Australian and International artworks for sale by auction and private treaty. We work with artists, galleries, museums and private collections bi-annually to curate and consign artworks for our curated auctions. Our auctions and previews for potential buyers and collectors are presented in the Art Leven premium 480sqm hybrid gallery and auction space in Redfern READ MORE Hire our gallery Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art) is the ideal venue for hosting corporate and private functions. Our expansive 480m2 gallery is in the heart of Aboriginal Sydney, Redfern. The gallery occupies the ground floor of a distinctive and prominently located building only minutes from Surry Hills, Redfern, and Waterloo’s art districts. Originally the headquarters and state-of-the-art factory of Foster Clark custard, 17 Thurlow St later became the studio and assembly for iconic Australian artist Ken Done. The space has been designed with a modern aesthetic whilst retaining elements of its past. A blank canvas, the space offers versatility to cater for a variety of purposes – including private events, art exhibitions, launch events, photo shoots, or performances ABOUT HIRING FEATURED LOTS | BARK PAINTINGS FIRST NATIONS FINE ART AUCTION III | 2025 Carol Puruntatameri: Tiwi Bark Painter and Custodian of Story

Contact Hayley and Emma in Darwin Cooee Art Leven's Hayley Cotton & Emma Lenyszyn will be traveling to the 2023 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair & the Telstra National indigenous & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards. We will be answering emails so feel free to reach out, if you want to connect while in Darwin! First Name Last Name Email Message Send Thanks for submitting! We will contact you soon!

WUMERA NANGAMAY - A SALT LAKE SERIES Konstantina June 13 - July 13 2024 VIEW MAIN EXHIBITION PAGE VIEW MAIN EXHIBITION PAGE

Discover upcoming art gallery exhibitions at Art Leven. Experience the rich diversity of Indigenous artistry showcased in our thought-provoking displays. EXHIBITIONS Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art) has a yearly exhibition program, with regular exhibition openings, alongside many other scheduled events, talks, and private collector’s previews throughout the year. See which exhibition is currently on view and sign up to the newsletter to receive the latest news and future exhibition invitations. Emily & Friends from the Private Collection of Delmore Gallery 1 2 3 4 5 1 ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 ... 6 Past FIRST NATIONS FINE ART AUCTION Tuesday 18th November 2025 AEDT 7:00pm The Collectors Room: Highlights from the Secondary Market JOSHUA BONSON | SKIN - Moving Through Monochrome 2 - 23 August 2025 FIRST NATIONS FINE ART AUCTION Tuesday 17th June 2025 AEST 7:00pm Tracey Moffatt | Up in the Sky 3 - 24 May 2025 Bonnie Connelly Nakara | Minyma Kutjara Tjukurrpa 1 - 22 March 2025 Gathul’puy | Belonging to the Mangroves 14th December 2024 - 11th January 2025 FIRST NATIONS FINE ART AUCTION Tuesday 12th November 2024 AEDT 7:00pm PADDINGTON ART PRIZE October 10 - October 20 2024 SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY 5 - 8 September 2024 YAGU, GADIGAL DULUMI, GADI YUWING NGUBADI July 4 - August 1 2024 BADA WARRKU - LATE AFTERNOON SUN May 18 - June 8 2024 IT FLOWS 14 December 2023 - 13 January 2024 NGARUKURUWALA KAPI MURRUKUPUNI - WE SING TO THE LAND 16 November - 9 December 2023 COOEE ART LEVEN HOSTS: PADDINGTON ART PRIZE 2023 October 12-22 Paper Country SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR 2025 David Brown Jangala | Ngurra Ngayunku (My home) 5 - 26 July 2025 Spirits & Elements | An Exhibition of Women's Stories 3 - 24 May 2025 New Works By | Stephen Brameld & Jay Staples 3 - 26 April 2025 Balgo Horizons | Stories and Places Across Time 1 - 22 February 2025 Reclaimed | Art from Barkly November 23 - December 14 2024 SYDNEY OCEANIC ART FAIR 26 - 27 October 2024 WHO x WHO 6 - 28 September 2024 HER MEDITATIONS - BIDDY TIMMS NAPANANGKA 3 - 24 August 2024 WUMERA NANGAMAY - A SALT LAKE SERIES June 13 - July 13 2024 GAME, SET, MATCH 27 - 24 February 2024 ANCESTORS FOOTSTEPS 14 December 2023 - 13 January 2024 SYDNEY OCEANIC ART FAIR 2023 14 December 2023 - 13 January 2024 SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY 2023 7 - 10th September 1 2 3 1 ... 1 2 3 ... 3 Current Prev Next

Explore past auction results and captivating auction catalogues at Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art). Immerse yourself in the world of Indigenous art and its fascinating heritage. CATALOGUES & RESULTS AUCTIONS AUCTION 18 NOVEMBER 2025 REGISTER TO BID CATALOGUES & RESULTS BUYING FROM CONSIGNING NOW Art Leven (formerly Cooee Art) Auctions provide an informed and professional approach to buying and selling art in the secondary market. We are a market leader with specialist knowledge and proven results offering collectible artworks by Australian First Nations artists for sale by auction and private treaty. FIRST NATIONS FINE ART AUCTION Tuesday 18th November 2025 AEDT 7:00pm FIRST NATIONS FINE ART AUCTION Tuesday 12th November 2024 AEDT 7:00pm The Rod Menzies Estate | Indigenous and Oceanic Art Collection | Part I Wednesday 8th November 2023 INDIGENOUS FINE ART AUCTION 11 October 2022 | 7PM START MODERN & CONTEMPORARY FINE ART AUCTION 24 June 2021 | 7PM Start INDIGENOUS FINE ART AUCTION 20 October 2020 7PM Start INDIGENOUS FINE ART AUCTION 4 June 2019 FIRST NATIONS FINE ART AUCTION Tuesday 17th June 2025 AEST 7:00pm The Rod Menzies Estate | Indigenous Art Collection | Auction Part II Tuesday 5th March 2024 INDIGENOUS FINE ART AUCTION 20 June 2023 INDIGENOUS FINE ART AUCTION 8 March 2022 INDIGENOUS FINE ART AUCTION 8 June 2021 | 7PM Start INDIGENOUS FINE ART AUCTION 23 June 2020 | 7PM Start INDIGENOUS FINE ART AUCTION 3 December 2019 AUCTIONS | REGISTER | CONSIGNING NOW | CATALOGUES & RESULTS | BUYING FROM AUCTION

Unbreakable Spirits Art Leven - 17 Thurlow St, Redern, NSW 2016 Viewing Room Unbreakable Spirits Artists from Spinifex Hill Studio, WA Art Leven - 17 Thurlow St, Redern, NSW 2016 Unbreakable Spirits Artists from Spinifex Hill Studio, WA 13 December 2025 - 17 January 2026 “Unbreakable Spirits is a celebration of strength, resilience, and creative expression. Featuring works by all female artists from Spinifex Hill Studio – representing a rich diversity of language groups and cultural backgrounds – this exhibition showcases the power of intergenerational Indigenous art across a wide variety of styles and stories. These are women whose voices resonate through every brushstroke – award-winning and critically acclaimed, yet grounded in lived experience and generations worth of enduring and upholding cultural knowledge. These works reflect the unshakable spirit of artists from deeply personal narratives to bold explorations of Country, identity and memory. Together, their art tells a shared story of determination, connection, and unbreakable spirit.” VIEW PDF CATALOGUE NGAMARU NGAMAYU BIDU - UNTITLED price AU$5,400.00 NGAMARU NGAMAYU BIDU - UNTITLED price AU$4,200.00 MULYATINGKI (MULJADINGI) MARNEY - UNTITLED price AU$3,200.00 MAYWOKKA (MAYIWALKU) CHAPMAN - NGURRA (HOME COUNTRY, CAMP) price AU$2,600.00 NYANGULYA KATIE NALGOOD - PARROT price AU$2,300.00 MULYATINGKI (MULJADINGI) MARNEY - UNTITLED - MULYATINGKI MARNEY NGURRA price AU$1,700.00 NYANGULYA KATIE NALGOOD - PIGEON price AU$1,000.00 MULYATINGKI (MULJADINGI) MARNEY - NGURRA (HOME COUNTRY, CAMP) price AU$700.00 MULYATINGKI (MULJADINGI) MARNEY - NGURRA (HOME COUNTRY, CAMP) price AU$550.00 MAGGIE GREEN - KUNMUNYA, MYROODAH STATION price AU$4,500.00 MULYATINGKI (MULJADINGI) MARNEY - NGURRA (HOME COUNTRY, CAMP) price AU$3,700.00 MAGGIE GREEN - KUNMUNYA, MYROODAH STATION price AU$2,600.00 MULYATINGKI (MULJADINGI) MARNEY - UNTITLED price AU$2,500.00 MULYATINGKI (MULJADINGI) MARNEY - NGURRA (HOME COUNTRY, CAMP) price AU$1,800.00 GLORIA - UNTITLED price AU$1,500.00 MULYATINGKI MARNEY - NGURRA (HOME COUNTRY, CAMP) price AU$750.00 MULYATINGKI (MULJADINGI) MARNEY - NGURRA (HOME COUNTRY, CAMP) price AU$700.00 DOREEN CHAPMAN - STARFISH price AU$400.00 MAYWOKKA (MAYIWALKU) CHAPMAN - NGURRA (HOME COUNTRY, CAMP) price AU$4,200.00 MAYWOKKA (MAYIWALKU) CHAPMAN - UNTITLED price AU$3,400.00 MAGGIE GREEN - MYROODAH STATION DAM price AU$2,600.00 NYANGULYA KATIE NALGOOD - KING FISHER price AU$2,300.00 GLORIA - UNTITLED price AU$1,800.00 MULYATINGKI (MULJADINGI) MARNEY - NGURRA (HOME COUNTRY, CAMP) price AU$1,400.00 MULYATINGKI (MULJADINGI) MARNEY - NGURRA (HOME COUNTRY, CAMP price AU$750.00 MULYATINGKI (MULJADINGI) MARNEY - NGURRA (HOME COUNTRY, CAMP) price AU$550.00 ExSpinifex25

HER MEDITATIONS - BIDDY TIMMS NAPANANGKA Biddy Timms Napanangka 3 - 24 - August 2024 VIEW MAIN EXHIBITION PAGE VIEW MAIN EXHIBITION PAGE

Unbreakable Spirits Art Leven - 17 Thurlow St, Redern, NSW 2016 Unbreakable Spirits Artists from Spinifex Hill Studio, WA Unbreakable Spirits Artists from Spinifex Hill Studio, WA Art Leven - 17 Thurlow St, Redern, NSW 2016 Unbreakable Spirits Artists from Spinifex Hill Studio, WA 13 December 2025 - 17 January 2026 “Unbreakable Spirits is a celebration of strength, resilience, and creative expression. Featuring works by all female artists from Spinifex Hill Studio – representing a rich diversity of language groups and cultural backgrounds – this exhibition showcases the power of intergenerational Indigenous art across a wide variety of styles and stories. These are women whose voices resonate through every brushstroke – award-winning and critically acclaimed, yet grounded in lived experience and generations worth of enduring and upholding cultural knowledge. These works reflect the unshakable spirit of artists from deeply personal narratives to bold explorations of Country, identity and memory. Together, their art tells a shared story of determination, connection, and unbreakable spirit.” VIEW PDF CATALOGUE NGAMARU NGAMAYU BIDU - UNTITLED price AU$5,400.00 NGAMARU NGAMAYU BIDU - UNTITLED price AU$4,200.00 MULYATINGKI (MULJADINGI) MARNEY - UNTITLED price AU$3,200.00 MAYWOKKA (MAYIWALKU) CHAPMAN - NGURRA (HOME COUNTRY, CAMP) price AU$2,600.00 NYANGULYA KATIE NALGOOD - PARROT price AU$2,300.00 MULYATINGKI (MULJADINGI) MARNEY - UNTITLED - MULYATINGKI MARNEY NGURRA price AU$1,700.00 NYANGULYA KATIE NALGOOD - PIGEON price AU$1,000.00 MULYATINGKI (MULJADINGI) MARNEY - NGURRA (HOME COUNTRY, CAMP) price AU$700.00 MULYATINGKI (MULJADINGI) MARNEY - NGURRA (HOME COUNTRY, CAMP) price AU$550.00 MAGGIE GREEN - KUNMUNYA, MYROODAH STATION price AU$4,500.00 MULYATINGKI (MULJADINGI) MARNEY - NGURRA (HOME COUNTRY, CAMP) price AU$3,700.00 MAGGIE GREEN - KUNMUNYA, MYROODAH STATION price AU$2,600.00 MULYATINGKI (MULJADINGI) MARNEY - UNTITLED price AU$2,500.00 MULYATINGKI (MULJADINGI) MARNEY - NGURRA (HOME COUNTRY, CAMP) price AU$1,800.00 GLORIA - UNTITLED price AU$1,500.00 MULYATINGKI MARNEY - NGURRA (HOME COUNTRY, CAMP) price AU$750.00 MULYATINGKI (MULJADINGI) MARNEY - NGURRA (HOME COUNTRY, CAMP) price AU$700.00 DOREEN CHAPMAN - STARFISH price AU$400.00 MAYWOKKA (MAYIWALKU) CHAPMAN - NGURRA (HOME COUNTRY, CAMP) price AU$4,200.00 MAYWOKKA (MAYIWALKU) CHAPMAN - UNTITLED price AU$3,400.00 MAGGIE GREEN - MYROODAH STATION DAM price AU$2,600.00 NYANGULYA KATIE NALGOOD - KING FISHER price AU$2,300.00 GLORIA - UNTITLED price AU$1,800.00 MULYATINGKI (MULJADINGI) MARNEY - NGURRA (HOME COUNTRY, CAMP) price AU$1,400.00 MULYATINGKI (MULJADINGI) MARNEY - NGURRA (HOME COUNTRY, CAMP price AU$750.00 MULYATINGKI (MULJADINGI) MARNEY - NGURRA (HOME COUNTRY, CAMP) price AU$550.00 ExSpinifex25

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Mother's Story Art Leven - 17 Thurlow St, Redern, NSW 2016 Viewing Room Mother's Story Dorcas Tinamayi Bennett Art Leven - 17 Thurlow St, Redern, NSW 2016 Mother’s Story Dorcas Tinamayi Bennett 29 November - 20 December Presented in collaboration with Warakurna Art Centre Across the red-dune country between Tjukurla and Warakurna, stories move through families like breath. They are held, carried and renewed through generations, paintings shaped by what is seen and what is inherited. Mother’s Story honours the legacy of Dorcas Bennett’s mother, the revered painter and senior law woman Nyurupayia Nampitjinpa (Mrs Bennett), while affirming Dorcas’s own custodianship of the Tjukurrpa she carries forward. Born in the bush at Wurturu rockhole near Docker River, Dorcas’s early life unfolded through constant movement across Country, walking into Warburton Mission, then to Warakurna, Tjukurla, Amata and Areyonga, and the trauma of fleeing Maralinga fallout. These journeys shaped her memory and her art, culminating in the establishment of the Warakurna art centre in 2005, where she began painting and now serves as Chairperson. Her mother, Nyurupayia Nampitjinpa, grew up traditionally at Pangkupirri and lived without contact with white people until her teens. A healer and a woman of formidable ritual authority, she became one of the great painters of the Western Desert, her powerful canvases rooted in rockholes, sandhills and women’s law. Her works sit in the nation’s most important public collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, NGV, AGNSW, AGSA and QAGOMA. The paintings in Mother’s Story extend this lineage. Dorcas paints the rockholes, sandhills, women’s journeys and water sources between Tjukurla, Yumarra and Warakurna, stories she holds as cultural obligation as much as artistic subject. As the final custodian of these narratives, her canvases re-energise her mother’s Tjukurrpa with urgency and devotion. Together they form a portrait of matrilineal resilience, celebrating the women who carried knowledge through displacement, mission life, nuclear fallout and cultural disruption, ensuring it lives on through painting, family and Country. VIEW PDF CATALOGUE DORCAS TINAMAYI BENNETT - MOTHER'S STORY price AU$4,200.00 DORCAS TINAMAYI BENNETT - MOTHER'S STORY price AU$3,000.00 DORCAS TINAMAYI BENNETT - MOTHER'S STORY price AU$1,400.00 DORCAS TINAMAYI BENNETT - MOTHER'S STORY price AU$4,000.00 DORCAS TINAMAYI BENNETT - MOTHER'S STORY price AU$3,000.00 DORCAS TINAMAYI BENNETT - MOTHER'S STORY price AU$1,400.00 DORCAS TINAMAYI BENNETT - MOTHER'S STORY price AU$4,000.00 DORCAS TINAMAYI BENNETT - MOTHER'S STORY price AU$3,000.00 ExDorcas25

Mother's Story Art Leven - 17 Thurlow St, Redern, NSW 2016 Mother's Story Dorcas Tinamayi Bennett Mother's Story Dorcas Tinamayi Bennett Art Leven - 17 Thurlow St, Redern, NSW 2016 Mother’s Story Dorcas Tinamayi Bennett 29 November - 20 December Presented in collaboration with Warakurna Art Centre Across the red-dune country between Tjukurla and Warakurna, stories move through families like breath. They are held, carried and renewed through generations, paintings shaped by what is seen and what is inherited. Mother’s Story honours the legacy of Dorcas Bennett’s mother, the revered painter and senior law woman Nyurupayia Nampitjinpa (Mrs Bennett), while affirming Dorcas’s own custodianship of the Tjukurrpa she carries forward. Born in the bush at Wurturu rockhole near Docker River, Dorcas’s early life unfolded through constant movement across Country, walking into Warburton Mission, then to Warakurna, Tjukurla, Amata and Areyonga, and the trauma of fleeing Maralinga fallout. These journeys shaped her memory and her art, culminating in the establishment of the Warakurna art centre in 2005, where she began painting and now serves as Chairperson. Her mother, Nyurupayia Nampitjinpa, grew up traditionally at Pangkupirri and lived without contact with white people until her teens. A healer and a woman of formidable ritual authority, she became one of the great painters of the Western Desert, her powerful canvases rooted in rockholes, sandhills and women’s law. Her works sit in the nation’s most important public collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, NGV, AGNSW, AGSA and QAGOMA. The paintings in Mother’s Story extend this lineage. Dorcas paints the rockholes, sandhills, women’s journeys and water sources between Tjukurla, Yumarra and Warakurna, stories she holds as cultural obligation as much as artistic subject. As the final custodian of these narratives, her canvases re-energise her mother’s Tjukurrpa with urgency and devotion. Together they form a portrait of matrilineal resilience, celebrating the women who carried knowledge through displacement, mission life, nuclear fallout and cultural disruption, ensuring it lives on through painting, family and Country. VIEW PDF CATALOGUE DORCAS TINAMAYI BENNETT - MOTHER'S STORY price AU$4,200.00 DORCAS TINAMAYI BENNETT - MOTHER'S STORY price AU$3,000.00 DORCAS TINAMAYI BENNETT - MOTHER'S STORY price AU$1,400.00 DORCAS TINAMAYI BENNETT - MOTHER'S STORY price AU$4,000.00 DORCAS TINAMAYI BENNETT - MOTHER'S STORY price AU$3,000.00 DORCAS TINAMAYI BENNETT - MOTHER'S STORY price AU$1,400.00 DORCAS TINAMAYI BENNETT - MOTHER'S STORY price AU$4,000.00 DORCAS TINAMAYI BENNETT - MOTHER'S STORY price AU$3,000.00 ExDorcas25