#376 Coniston Massacre (True Story) - REGGIE SULTAN APENGARTE Aboriginal Artist: 146cm x 86cm

ARTIST: Reggie Sultan Apengarte
LANGUAGE: Kaytja

TITLE:  Coniston Massacre (Based on a true story)
MEDIUM: Acrylic on Canvas

REGION:  Barrow Creek, North Alice Springs, Northern Territory

BIOGRAPHY: 

Reggie has been a professional artist since 1985.  He began painting as a young boy while attending the Alice Springs Convent School.  His greatest artistic influences came from watching older artists painting in the Todd River and Chinaman's Creek.  Before 1985, Reggie worked on the land as a station hand and fencer.  He began with landscape painting in a "Namatjiria" style, depicting scenes from around his home town.  He sold his first painting at the mission block store.  He then experimented with traditional dot painting style and began telling his own personal stories of life in his Mother's Country in Central Australia, Barrow Creek and Neutral Junction Station.

The past few years has seen Reggie's work earning rapidly increased recognition and exposure.  Since Reggie's move to Darwin he has participated in National Aboriginal Art Awards several times.  Works have been purchased by locals, tourists, galleries, roadhouses and art collectors from interstate and overseas.

*All paintings come with a Certificate of Authenticity and are signed by the artist*

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