Julie Dowling and HJ Wedge

For the final assessment I want to look at urban aboriginal artists, who work in the field of painting, who have different styles and backgrounds, but explore common themes. Along with Daniel Boyd, I wish to look at the paintings of Julie Dowling and H.J. Wedge.

H.J. Wedge was born on Erambie Mission near Cowra in central New South Wales. He works with acrylic paint in a colourful childlike style to explore issues in Aboriginal life today.

'Alcoholism-2' 2008 acrylic on canvas 60 x 90 cm

Julie Dowling's heritage is Irish, Russian, Jewish and Aboriginal, but she identifies mostly with her Aborginal side. She combines a western style of portraiture painting with dot painting, to explore political issues within Indigenous culture today.

Self Portrait Blackbird