‘Fishing Yarns’, new works by Elwyn Toby
Exhibition opening Saturday 10 August at 11am.
Be sure to drop into Dunghutti Ngaku Aboriginal Art Gallery next to the Visitor Information Centre to view Elwyn’s new works.
Elwyn is a descendant of the Thunghutti tribe of Bellbrook. He has lived on the mission all his life. Elwyn’s passion for art art has been with him since a child from having watched his uncles’ paint. He have been developing his works more seriously over the past 5 years out of a desire to share his history and culture of the land with his people.
As a child Elwyn’s father and uncles taught me the art of survival through fishing. ‘ I have many fond memories of spending days by the Macleay River and Nulla Nulla Creek. We would head down to the river in the morning, catch fish, cook them on the fire and not return home until dark. It is now my time to share these skills with my family not only in showing them how to fish but by recording this into artworks. To me it is all interconnected the looking after the land, the land rewards us by providing fish and bush tucker.’
This Exhibition has been made possible through funding from Australian Government Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support program.
Exhibition runs until 10 August to 8 September. The Gallery is open Tuesday – Sunday 10am – 4pm.
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