Recently Julia was joined, at the Regional Gallery, for a talk by distinguished Anthropologist and Archaeologist, Dr Anthony Redmond, whose background includes painting, sculpture and print-making. Anthony is also a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research at the Australian National University.

Anthony has worked in the northern Kimberley region with the Ngarinyin people, in Central Australia and in Cape York Peninsula, conducting ethnographic research into diverse areas including transformations in local economies, Indigenous relationships with pastoralists, traditional cosmology, sung traditions and bodily experiences of time and country. Anthony’s recent research has focused on death and grieving, the comic in everyday Ngarinyin life, the social and ritual importance of body fat and the cultural role and significance of travelling in community trucks. 

Visit the gallery for a fine selection of new paintings, small and affordable gems as well as collectable paintings from the major art centres. We love to source particular artists' works for clients for both Australian and overseas markets. 50% of works do not make it to the website and so please email your requirements and queries.

Cooinda Aboriginal Art Gallery has been offering quality original Aboriginal desert paintings for sale for the past 20 years. The works range from small canvases to major collectable paintings. Cooinda Gallery advises on suitable investment paintings for superannuation and the private collector. The works are sourced from communities and the major art centres.

Julia Johnston, the Cooinda Aboriginal Art Gallery director, hand selects each individual painting. The works are of the highest quality and are sourced throughout the Western and Central deserts of the Northern Territory and Western Australia, as well as Queensland. This covers the Kimberley and Arnhem Land regions, as well as Tiwi Islands and Lockhart River.

These contemporary artworks can be viewed at the gallery.

Cooinda Aboriginal Art Gallery is situated in Sawtell on the mid north coast of NSW Australia; a beautiful, relaxed coastal village which lends itself to browsing these fine artworks.

Cooinda Aboriginal Art Gallery sources paintings for private and corporate collections as well as offering advice on valuations. We are always happy to consult.