Dynamic style

The Dynamic style is one of the most ancient recorded rock art styles. The artworks are found in the western Arnhem Land region of Australia in isolated locations. Dynamic style rock paintings depict small, red, animated human stick figures that are typically involved in hunting, fighting and ceremonial scenes. These ornamented figures are represented carrying weapons and are occasionally drawn with animal heads. Aboriginal Australians often describe these figures as representations of Mimi, a long, thin, trickster spirit which lives in the crevices of caves and other isolated locations. These figures vary in size between 200 and 300 millimeters in height. Although the exact date of the style is unknown, it is estimated to be several thousand years old.