TAF-2023-header
TAF-date-2023-header
tarnanthi-logo-2022
Baluk Arts

Truganini Painting, 2023

$1,714.00

  • 96cm x 64cm
  • 2023
  • Acrylic On Canvas
  • Catalog No: 56-184-23

 

Truganini is probably the best known Tasmanian Aboriginal women of the colonial era.

She was of the Nuenonne group, born on Bruny Island in about 1812, just nine years after British settlement was established further north on the mainland, close to what is now Hobart. By the time she had learned to collect food and make shell necklaces, the colonial presence became not only intrusive but dangerous.

She had experienced and witnessed violence, rape and brutalities inflicted on her people. By the time she was 17 she had lost her mother, sister, uncle and would-be partner to violent incidents involving sailors, sealers, soldiers and wood cutters.

This story has resonated in Nick which inspired him to create this acrylic work on unstretched canvas.

Available

FREE shipping within Australia for small items. For large artworks, insurance or international shipping, please email us [email protected]