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Posted on Tuesday 11th of July, 2017,
People attending meetings at the Council offices in Welsford Street can't help but notice the bright new painting adorning the walls of the upstairs Boardroom area.
The painting, Limmen Gorge 2006, by Angelina George, was donated by Carrillo Ganter AO, through the Australian Governmen’ts Cultural Gifts Program.
The artist was born in 1937 and grew up on the Roper River Mission in eastern Arnhem Land (now known as Ngukurr). She spent much of her younger life working in the market gardens and farms on the mission.
In her almost 80-year life, which began painting flowers at school, and ended with a Bush Flower series as she grew older, the core of her work from 2004 to 2013 brought the mountains of her Ngyameratjara country south of the Roper River to intense, imaginative life.
This painting is testament to George's connection to land and culture. As the artist once said, "I have special memories from my travels ... I can paint my memories and imagination ... not exactly what it looks like. You know. Traditional way and law. My imagined country never stops in my memory."
IMAGE: Angelina George (Wandarang / Mara). Limmen Gorge (2006). Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 200 x 250 cm. Shepparton Art Museum, donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Carrillo Gantner AO, 2016.
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