Born on May 27, 1959 at Gnowangerup, Western Australia, Pauline is also a Noongar.

Like so many of her generation, she was removed from her family as a child and placed in Roelands Mission near Collie. In the late nineties, she completed formal art school training. A few years ago, Pauline moved to Alice Springs. Since 1997, she has exhibited throughout Australia in both major state and commercial galleries.

Like the many desert artists who work in and around Alice Springs, Pauline’s subject focus is the land and landscapes. What distinguishes her from that artistic community is that her canvases do not follow the conventions of dot painting and central desert iconography. Instead, Pauline’s work appears to sit more comfortably within the Western tradition of landscape art and figurative representation.

As a child on the Mission and again in art school, Pauline was exposed to the Western representation of landscapes, which undoubtedly informs her work, although her interpretations of the landscapes are completely her own. Pauline’s landscapes are primarily painted from an aerial perspective; her flights between Western Australia and the Territory have provided both inspiration and material.

Chasm ∙ 48 x 23 ∙ oil on Belgian linen ∙ $2,800

Riverbed 16 ∙ 23 x 49 ∙ oil on Belgian linen ∙ $2,500

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