John Weeronga Bartoo
The 2008 Chelsea International Fine Art Competition - Collective Exhibition
August 15 - September 4, 2008
Reception:
Thursday August 21, 2008 6-8 PM
Press Release
John Weeronga Bartoo was born in Brisbane, Australia and is an Aboriginal Australian who paints in the tradition of his ancestors, the Kooma people from South Western Queensland. He is guided by their spirits and his heart as he paints in the tradition of Aboriginal dot painting, using a stick and acrylics to conjure swirling patterns on canvas. Convoluted, textural and abstract, Bartoo's paintings tell the viewer age-old stories of his life, his family's life and his interpretations of the Dreamtime Stories.
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