Art Gallery of Aboriginal Artist, Harold Thomas, located at 46 Smith Street Mall, Darwin City, NT : Tel +61 (0) 8 8981 1803
Add a valuable painting to your favourite room! These Northern Territory paintings are rare and beautiful.
Harold Thomas does not follow the modern tradition of Aboriginal art but shows
his connection to the land through poetic vision
(-> more on
Harold Thomas).
Harold's paintings are the principal feature of Territory Colours and we hold the
largest collection of his work available anywhere.
Please contact us for available works and prices.

Flying Free Brolgas
75 x 105 cm
watercolour
Ref 232

A Timeless Place
53 x 62 cm
acrylic
Ref 242

Heavenly Lilies
83 x 83 cm
oil
Ref 224

Receding Water
127 x 92 cm
oil
Ref 160

Burdekin Ducks
32 x 52 cm
oil
Ref 249

Quolls
37 x 54 cm
acrylic
Ref 250

Lillies II
50 x 107 cm
acrylic
Ref 213

Corellas at Dawn
75 x 105 cm
watercolour
Ref 162

Dingo Dreaming
118 x 151 cm
oil
Ref 165

Lotus Wetlands
127 x 166 cm
oil
Ref 204

Galah and Mistletoe
83 x 83 cm
oil
Ref 247

Moonlight Egrets
123 x 124 cm
oil
Ref 189

Mystical Landscape
41 x 52 cm
oil
Ref 251

Egrets and Storm Front
123 x 162 cm
oil
Ref 183

Egrets at Rest
119 x 162 cm
oil
Ref 185

Wallabies
23 x 30 cm
watercolour
Ref 245

Jacana
91 x 61 cm
oil & acrylic
Ref 219

Koi Koi
116 x 117 cm
oil
Ref 178

Quolls II
41 x 80 cm
oil
Ref 252
Harold was
born in Alice Springs in 1947 (background Luritja/Wombia). He was taken from his
family and placed at St John’s Hostel. At the age of seven he was sent to South Australia’s St
Frances House, an Anglican institution for Aboriginal boys. At the age of eleven he was
fostered to a white family. At school he excelled in sports and started to take a strong interest in painting.
In 1965 Harold won a scholarship to study at the South Australian School of Art (the first Aboriginal to do so),
and later studied social anthropology at the University of Adelaide. During this time he became actively
involved in the Aboriginal Civil Rights movement and designed the Aboriginal Flag in 1971. The flag remains to this day a strong and unifying symbol for Aboriginal rights and justice.
Harold Thomas has lived in the Top End of Australia for nearly 40 years. He has a deep love for the
country and its wildlife and presents it in his unique and timeless way, never showing the intrusion of
modern times. His paintings resonate with surreal, mystical light, his paint application vigorous and
masterful, techniques learnt through sound tuition in the 1960’s.
In his mid 60’s now, Harold is still very active as a painter and family man.
He is working on a major oil painting for all Australians, based on an historical event in the
NT probably to be unveiled in 2013. In the mean time feel free to enquire about purchasing an
original – prices start from just $375 for superb small watercolours and acrylics.