This week I am looking at artist Philip Gudthaykudthay who was born in Ramingining in Arnhem land, Northern Territory and is a renowned artist who works with mediums such as bark paintings, ochers on bark, carved and painted hollow log coffin, dupun and carving. He began painting during the 1960's and continues to produce artworks and was in Rolph De Heer's 2006 film, Ten Canoes. His success as a painter led him to become the first artist of Ramingining to host his own solo exhibition. Personally, out of all the other artists I have looked at so far, I find Philip's paintings the most unique / abstract styles as they use uneven shapes, limited colour pallets which are more traditional ocher mixes and the texture used in the backgrounds is made up of tiny shapes which don not distract the viewer too much from the focal feature. The link below is an article about Gudthaykudthay and the uprising of his work which gives a brief analysis of his works over time.
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http://www.bandigan.com/stockroom/Philip%20Gudthaykudthay/index.html
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