“That thirsty camel was looking for some water. Two dingoes are walking around together looking for kuka (meat). The bullock is in his field of tjanpi (grass), and there’s one papa (dog) hiding in that grass following him.”

Aaron’s work playfully melds the mystical with the everyday, creating a dreamlike quality that draws viewers into landscapes that are alive with his memory and capturing in big, bold colour the animals to be found around his home. These playful scenes are populated by camels, as well as desert wildlife such as wild brumbies, rabbits, papa (dogs), dingoes, birds and malu (kangaroos).

His paintings weave together stories of camels looking for water, of nights soundtracked by the click-clacking of brumbies’ hooves on the bitumen, of birds singing in the trees and of horses being followed by dingoes while cheeky papa (dog) companions peer out from the scrub. All are part of Aaron’s life, captured in vivid colour.