Paddy is a Warlpiri speaker who was born circa 1917 at Kunajarrayi, west of Yuendumu in the Northern Territory. He is one of the most influential artists of this region as he and others established the fine arts within the community. Paddy has worked consistently on canvas for the last 25 years and along with other artists in the area, has collaborated numerous times to produce paintings depicting their land which has been privately and publicly displayed. His artwork is rich in style as he uses repetition of shapes, though placed asymmetrically around the canvas which creates the feeling of a natural flow and as seen in these two examples, uses a wide range of colour pallets to create the overall theme and mood to the painting. From a design perspective, the placement of the icons seems to be to harmonious and in come cases symmetrical, though it the expressions through his painting of his land that makes these paintings different from others.
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http://www.aboriginalartonline.com/art/yuendumu.php
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