Status: Stock
The Djilpin Arts Picnic Rug range is a celebration of life on country around the waterways of Wugularr community and surrounds. Inspired by the artists’ love of heading out bush and throwing down a calico to fish, swim and relax on their traditional lands, these designs feature fish, bush fruits, billabong flowers and medicinal plants.
Name: Anderson Balang Rittharrngu George
Language: Wagilak, Rittharrngu
Community: Wugularr (Beswick)
Biography:
Anderson is the son of the late artist Angelina George and carries on the family tradition by creating contemporary designs for textiles and print. Anderson supports and works with the Djilpin Arts by encouraging local community artists, and is committed to the legacy of his late brother Balang Lewis. He has served on the Board of Djilpin and his ever-popular Bush Fruits design features on sarongs, scarves and picnic rugs.
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