Linda
Karen Williams
I
live in Townsville North Queensland. I am a descendant of
the Brabralung people of the Kurnai group in East
Gippsland Victoria and most of my family still live in the
lands around Bairnsdale. My grandmother was a big
influence in my life. She told me that being Aboriginal
was something to be proud of and that I should never hide
our heritage. She also taught me all the craft skills when
I was very young, although she chooses to paint landscapes
and still life rather than what we know today as
Aboriginal Art.
I
started to paint for a living in 1995 when I saw a
newspaper ad for Aboriginal artists.
Credits:
- First
Prize in 1988 Gold Coast Show in Hand Painted Ceramics
section (large bowl titled "Connections")
- First
Prize in 2000 Townsville Art Society Open Division
(Painting Acrylic on Canvas titled "circles of
Life")
- March
2001 Solo Exhibition Titled "Woman of 2
worlds" on Purple Wall at Pinnacles Gallery,
Thuringowa, Queensland.
- 2nd
Prize Townsville art Society Landscape Section
(painting acrylic on canvas titled "Windswept
Country")
- Participant
in "From Dreaming to Reality" Exhibition -
Volvo Gallery Sydney January 2002
- Participant
in "Yooloo" Art exhibition - Aurora Place, Sydney
November 2002
