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A study of the Figurative in Desert painting: Figurative painting from the desert

Past exhibition
21 June - 18 August 2013
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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Purlta Maryanne Downs, My Father's Country

Purlta Maryanne Downs Australian, Walmajarri, b. 1945

My Father's Country
atelier artist acrylic on 250gsm velin arches
52 x 75 cm
788338
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This is my father's country near Kurtal. It has lots of caves, we use to sleep in those caves during the wet season. There are lots of shady trees here....
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This is my father's country near Kurtal. It has lots of caves, we use to sleep in those caves during the wet season. There are lots of shady trees here. I remember this country when there was no white people in it.
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