Danie was born of Aboriginal and Anglo-Australian heritage and he maintains strong links with his mother’s Country on the Atherton Tablelands.
His meticulous works on paper capture subjects which remind of a tropical paradise, but always with a sting in the tail. For instance, he depicts this scene as a literal ‘golden age’ in the rainforest. However, the butterflies perched on the trees, although they bear the colours of Aboriginal sovereignty, are in fact ‘Monarch’ butterflies, which arrived in Australia as recently as the 1870s.
Mixed media on panel
Other artworks
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Koala as Object
Deb Mostert
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The Queensland Children’s Hospital, the LEGO version
Ryan McNaught - Brickman
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All ya come small one 2010
Tari Sagigi
Last updated: September 2023