Namarrkon by Ivan Namarnyilk

Ivan has been painting since the 1990s and is establishing himself as an artist of note. He almost always paints in the natural ochres that he collects and grinds himself. The colours are outstanding. 

Lightning Man, Namarrkon, remains one of the most significant mythological figures in Kakadu. He lives above the clouds, and hits and bangs his stone axes together, which are attached to his elbows and knees. Many paintings show how the electricity flows around his body from his testicles to his head.  He starts the lightning show to communicate to Bininj that something has been done wrong. It is told that Namarrkon gets specifically angry when people get married to the wrong spouses.