Artists Profiles
Brockman Noeleen
Coertse Deborah
Hayden Aaron
Kickett Dennis
Knapp Juanetia
Narkle Phillip
Radloff Mark
Tschuna Christine
Phillip Narkle
Phillip Narkle was born at Moore River Native Settlement Mission in Western Australia. His parents are descendants of the Ngoonyar and Wangi tribes.
Phillip has been painting for over 30 years and has sold his work within Australia and on the international market. In his early years Phillip concentratated on landscapes. More recently his subjects are the native animals of the desert country and stories from the South West of Western Australia. Set in the landscape of these regions, the animal figures bring to life the Aboriginal myths and legends.
Phillip has won several art awards to private collections all over the world.
Aaron Hayden
Aaron was born in Port Lincoln, South Australia. His mother is a descendant of the Njaki Njaki People. Through his grandmothers family, he has traditional connections to the Eastern District and Yilgarn Regions and his grandfather has traditional connections through the Ballardong People of the Avon region of Western Australia. His family is also connected to the Eyre Peninsula and the Great Australian Bight in South Australia.
Aarons’ art hangs in the WA Parliament House, government and private collections throughout Australia. Images of his paintings have also be extensively published and reproduced as limited edition prints.
Aarons’ stunning, intricate paintings depict the different areas of his country and Australia’s native wildlife.
Mark Radloff
Nyoongar artist and musician, Mark Radloff was born in 1967 in Subiaco Western Australia and is known for his animal and fish paintings, acrylic on canvas. Mark started painting in 1990 when he first picked up a paint brush and discovered that he had a natural talent for his aboriginal art.
This stems from his mother Tiddalauree whom he often saw painting. Tiddalauree specialises in painting on silk and an aunty Joyce Winsley is well recognised for her weaving and sculptures. Most of his art portrays an x-ray view of Australian animals and fish or symbolises stories and yarns passed down from his Nyoongar heritage in urban Aboriginal style.
Mark’s distinctive style of work, using bold and strong colours, is in demand throughout Australia and overseas.
Noeleen Brockman
Noeleen was born in Mt Magnet, Western Australia in 1958 and is of the Yamatji People. Noeleens’ parents are James Brockman and Shirley Brockman (nee Clinch). Shirley’s mother is from around Paynes Find, the heart of Buddimia territory and spent time at Karalundi (located out of Wilunan), Cue and Carnarvon missions from age 4 to age 11 years. In all, Noeleen was one of seven siblings sent to different missions. Noeleen has been painting seriously for about 17 years and has a passion for Honey Ants which has been her prime subject for this period, however Noeleen is an accomplished portrait artist.
Deborah Coertse
Deborah is a Nyoongar artist born in Fremantle Western Australia.
Deborah was never handed down styles of painting, she is a self taught artist and her paintings are a depiction of her interpretations of life and its living creatures.
Her Aboriginal ancestry originates from the Bibbulmun people from Gnowangerup WA. Debbies father is from Holland who came out to Australia after World War II with his mother and his brother to make a new start after his father past away.
Deborah began painting while pregnant with her 5th child in 1988. Deborah’s artworks are held in many private collections throughout the World and is widely published.
Christine Tschuna
Christine Tschuna (Wirangu tribe) from Ceduna, SA. Christine has been painting for many years and sold her first piece in 1981. Her focus is on contemporary Aboriginal art. Christine has three daughters, one son and 12 grandchildren! We don’t know where she finds the time to paint, but she certainly paints a huge quantity of beautiful art. Christine also finds the time to teach her children and grandchildren her culture, bush tucker and how to prepare the food to eat.
JUANETIA ‘NETA’ KNAPP
Neta Knapp was born in 1953 at Gnowangerup, a small
town in the South West of Western Australia and raised at
the Roelands Mission.
At 17 years of age Neta left the mission with her parents
and would regularly meet with relatives and go out bush
on hunting trips. The hunting trips were an important
part of her Indigenous culture because she learnt which
plants and animals she was allowed to collect and how
much. The hunting trips reinforced her respect for the
land and her culture.
Neta is committed to reconciliation and educating the
wider community about Indigenous culture and respect for
the land through her paintings and stories.
Dennis Kickett
Dennis “Noongali” Kickett
was born
in 1953 and until the age of 15 grew
up in an extended Aboriginal family
environment on the York Reserve in
Western Australia. He is a member
of the Balardong clan, a part of the
Noongar tribe, which is traditionally
based in the York area.
Leaving home at the age of 15,
Noongali worked as a roustabout on a sheep station in the
Pilbarra region of Western Australia and went on to spend 5
years shearing, cutting chaff and laying tracks for the railways
in Western Australia and South Australia. In 1973 he moved
to Perth and in the following year completed initial studies in
community health. He spent the following 7 years working on
programs promoting Aboriginal health and related issues before
moving back to York.
Noongali’s painting career began in 1987 and he revealed a gift
that could help carry the message of the Aboriginal culture,
a culture, which lived in harmony with the land for over 40,000
years. His art is a bold statement and spans from the more
traditional Aboriginal art to his very unique style of geographic
representation. Noongali now lives in Queensland and devotes
his time to painting and continuing his community health issues.
Dennis Kicketts has had many successful exhibitions. His
artworks being highly sought after by collectors worldwide.
