From Dreamtime to Masterpieces, let’s embark on a journey through Australian & Aboriginal Artistry.
The State Art Collection (Your Collection) is Western Australia’s greatest visual art asset. Since the first work of art was purchased in 1895, the Collection has grown into the finest public art collection in Western Australia. A rich and inspiring resource for all Western Australians and visitors, Your Collection offers remarkable insight into the development…
Susan Purdy flies under the radar so far as possible. An introvert by nature she prefers to observe from the sidelines rather than stand in the spotlight. As an artist she is not interested in art world fame, but she is thoroughly ambitious for her art practice and actively seeks out an audience for it.…
Tiwi Art is sourced from the art communities on the Tiwi Islands. Melville and Bathurst Islands are the Tiwi Islands, not far from Darwin in the Northern Territory. Tiwi art is quite different from mainland indigenous art in that the Tiwi people use the designs from their ceremonial body art (Jilamara) rather than telling stories…
Peter Schouten was born in Sydney, Australia. From a very early age he developed a passion for all things feathered, furred and scaled – both extant and extinct – which led to a budding career in palaeontology. About Peter Schouten Peter Schouten’s first artistic reconstructions in this field, when presented to the Australian Museum, were…
Discovering he had a skill for drawing and painting as a youngster, Owen Pointon has continued to refine his skills over the years. The beauty of Owen’s work highlights his love of native Australian wildlife. About Owen Pointon My earliest memory of painting was a sailing boat on the bay, whilst in primary school. My…
Christine Young is an Australian artist of West Indies origin. Having immigrated to Australia at the age of 17 now happily hails from Cairns. About Christine Young I have painted all my life, it is just part of me. I enjoy studying in detail the subjects I paint, trying to represent a true reflection of…
Giulio Saggin is a photographer in Brisbane, Australia. But that’s not all he is. Having worked as a news photographer for over 25 years he’s now at liberty to concentrate on numerous personal projects, with a wonderful set of award-winning urban and industrial photographs. It’s not just urban photography Giulio’s turned his hand at. He’s…
Australian artist Frank Hodgkinson, 1919~2001, was a prominent abstract painter. He had a penchant for landscapes and Aboriginal culture. Frank Hodkinson – Italian Drawings These Italian drawings by Frank Hodgkinson have been extracted from a lifetime of the artist’s sketchbooks, dating from as early as 1947. The Art Gallery of New South Wales once exhibited…
About Judith White Judith White, born in 1951, is Australian painter of postwar and contemporary styles. She has been an artist for over 30 years and has featured in many solo exhibitions across Australia as well as overseas. You can discover more about Judith White and her paintings on her website. Judith White Paintings The…