Deutscher and Hackett

Sold with an accompanying statement of provenance from Tony Oliver

‘The attached image is a Paddy Bedford painting on hardboard painting by the artist at Pindan Avenue, Kununurra in 1998. The painting was amongst the first paintings the artist made for the nascent Jirrawun Arts group of Gija painters. The painting was created on the same day Hector Jandanay a close friend of Paddy’s named the painting group, Jirrawun (one mob standing together) which consisted of himself, Freddie Timms, Churchill Cann, Rusty Peters,Tiger Moore and Paddy Bedford. Tony Oliver helped form Jirrawun Arts with The Gija. He was founding Chief Executive Officer of Jirrawun Arts Aboriginal Arts incorporated under the Aboriginal Corporations Act and later Artistic Director of Jirrawun Arts Corporation. He worked closely with Paddy Bedford throughout the duration of his time with Jirrawun Arts until the artist’s death.’