BILLY PERRURLE BENN - ARTETYERRE

BILLY PERRURLE BENN
ARTETYERRE,  2006
31 x 61 cm
acrylic on linen
 
REGION
Harts Range, NT
 
PROVENANCE
Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists, NT Cat No. BB060614Shalom Gamarada, NSWPrivate Collection, NSWCooee Art Leven, Sydney NSWAccompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists 
 
STORY
Billy Benn's painting celebrates the land and the artist's knowledge of it. The country he paints is very special to him, it is his birthplace. Billy Benn no longer lives there, so he paints it from memory. He dreams of returning there but, until he does, he keeps his home close to his heart by devotedly painting every part of it. He plans to paint every hill from his country and then he will stop, and return home.
 
 
ARTIST PROFILE
BILLY PERRURLE BENN