Spawning, 2015, Jack Wilkie-Jans
Acrylic on canvas, 90cm x 60cm
Provenance: UMI ARTS Gallery, Cairns.
Jack Wilkie-Jans is a contemporary Australian artist, curator, journalist and Aboriginal affairs advocate from Tropical North Queensland of Aboriginal, British, Vanuatuan and Danish heritage. He is the Tribal Great Grandson of preeminent artist, Dr. Thancoupie Fletcher James AO. Wilkie-Jans is known within the Australian art industry for his stance on hoping to achieve more sustainable approaches to arts funding, believing philanthropy ought to play a larger role in supporting the arts industry over solely public funds, a topic he has written at length about in the media (1).
Artist Statement
'The quick strokes and abstract expressionistic style attempts to capture the vibrancy and intensity of coral spawning in the warm, night waters of the Great Barrier Reef.’
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