Doreen Chapman, Untitled, 56x56cm

• Aboriginal Artist - Doreen Chapman
• Community - South Hedland (WA)
• Aboriginal Art Centre - Spinifex Hill Studio
• Art centre catalogue number - 23-171
• Materials - Acrylic paint on canvas
• Size(cm) - H56 W56 D2 
• Postage variants - Artwork is posted un-stretched and rolled for safe shipping
• Orientation - Painted from all sides and OK to hang as wished

‘Been born Jigalong.  Big sister for my son, Dennis Thomas. [S]he been come this way, Hedland.  Doreen, [and] me, [are] from Karntimarta, Warralong.  I been bring him [her] here.  Little girl [s]he start painting, in Warralong.  [S]he looking… looking… [s]he quick painter, quickly, looking, looking.  No fishing, no hunting, no car, painting, painting every day eh?  You been bring ‘em, [s]he painting, painting, painting!’ [laughs] - Maywokka May Chapman [mother]

Doreen was born in Jigalong in 1971 and has spent her life moving between Western Desert communities in the Pilbara, Western Australia.   She is a Manyjilyjarra artist and has spent the majority of her adult life in Warralong, a community 120km south-east of Port Hedland.  She started painting with her mother, Maywokka May Chapman, and she first exhibited with Martumili artists in 2010.  In recent years she has spent more time in Port Hedland and began painting at the Spinifex Hill Studios.  As a deaf woman, painting is a crucial medium of communication and storytelling. 

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This painting is sent rolled. 

Sending paintings rolled is the best option for their safe arrival and allows us to include free shipping, provide timely service, and maintain consistent and transparent pricing relating to the prices set by each Aboriginal Art centre.

The size of the painting listed relates to the painted surface. There is also a painted edge(2cm) and additional canvas for stretching.

A local framer will easily stretch the work for you at a nominal cost. Framers are everywhere and there is likely one just up the road.

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